Tales from an Indian Union Territory: Pondicherry

We watched from our car windows as the clouds made shapes, and soon reached what was a French settlement in India, Puducherry (Pondicherry or Pondy, with love). Our choice of stay was Neemrana’s La Maison Tamoule. An idyllic establishment bathing in antiquity - welcoming duplex rooms of typical 19th century architecture, wooden walls, patterns...

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Celebrating Two Years: Pollachi, India

It was not one of those strong, impulsive feelings that can hit two people like an electric shock when they first meet, but something quieter and gentler, like two tiny lights traveling in tandem through a vast darkness and drawing imperceptibly closer to each other as they go. – Haruki Murakami, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle I was blindfolded...

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