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mendhi looks cool

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:19:49 +0000

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mendhi looks cool

It must still be in the air

Orion — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:24:05 +0000

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It must still be in the air whether or not Dag is a homogenous entity or not.

Why did this article get no

Aunt Sam — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:23:48 +0000

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Why did this article get no likes?

I'm not aware dag has the ability and/or maybe desire to 'click' for 'like' on posts.

Yes, exactly what I meant

Orlando — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:13:58 +0000

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Yes, exactly what I meant about contradiction being everywhere. I think it's just become a travel writer's lazy go-to phrase. Thanks for the positive feedback. I have more pictures and more stories to come. The things I liked the most about India were the things I didn't expect or know about before I went--like the historical sites. Something else that was puzzling was that so many people didn't speak English. I know that there are like a zillion languages spoken there, but outside of India there is an impression that everyone there speaks English. Everyone in the middle class and upper class does. But those are not the people that you interact with when you need transportation or want to buy something while traveling.

You D.C. example is an excellent one. Places get defined for the broader world by the people who travel outside of those places. So, tourists go to Washington and come away talking about the northwest part of the city. Indians who immigrate or travel to the west are generally from the upper classes, so in their experience everyone that matters in India does speak English. It's curious. The poor are sort of forgotten. However, although it is certainly pronounced and noticeable in India, I think they're forgotten everywhere.

I really, really like this -

Orion — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 13:02:23 +0000

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I really, really like this - especially the pictures. Why did this article get no likes? Is dagblog readership down as a whole?

A really good friend of mine was actually in India about the same time I was in the Pacific Islands. He was disappointed. I'm not sure what he expected but probably the difficulty of getting a media job in a place where media jobs should be so prevalent made things difficult.

The pictures you show certainly do make it look like there is a lot of contradiction going on. I think it's like that everywhere though. Isn't that how capitalism works? God, go to Washington D.C. and you literally have the first black president living in the White House with black people living in the worst poverty I've ever seen only a couple blocks away.

Amazing. That takes real

Ramona — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:50:02 +0000

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Amazing. That takes real talent. Way more than, say, an Andy Warhol.

Thanks, Ramona. Yep, that's

Orlando — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 16:04:28 +0000

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Thanks, Ramona. Yep, that's me with the henna. It took about a half-hour for the guy to do it and he did both the palms and the tops of my hands. We went to the local market my last night in Delhi. He did it free-hand...it was amazing. And he only wanted to charge me the equivalent of one US dollar. I gave him two. :) I had to wait about two hours before I could scrape it off and I had to be very careful not to smudge it. I'm a bit clumsy by nature, so it was tricky, but I managed. Overnight, the dye changed colors from bright orange to a deeper shade of brown. So cool. Here are some more pictures of the whole process:

Gorgeous pictures and I love

Ramona — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 15:28:42 +0000

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Gorgeous pictures and I love the commentary. That part of the world must be so fascinating. How lucky you are to be experiencing it. (Love the market picture. And all the rest, too.)

Is that your hand with the mehndi? It's beautiful. Is it done with henna? How long does it take to dry? How long does it last? Why is it done on the palm and not on the back of the hand? Or is it done on the back, too?

Anyway. . .thanks for this. Keep 'em coming. (And get back on the damn masthead!)