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Neither Here Nor There

By popagandhi | Published: 2 November, 2009
When M. and I both got the chance to move abroad and start new, but separate (if temporary) lives, we started Fortylove.tv to make the best out of two exciting but disparate cities: London, Dubai. Both are cosmopolitan cities. One had a long history, remarkable culture, and was a major world city. Another was desert [...]
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B for Belgium, B for Beer

By popagandhi | Published: 15 October, 2009
After a long hiatus, we’re (finally) back with new Fortylove.tv videos. This week: we go to Belgium in search of some of the best beers in the world at Brouwerij Westvleteren, where Trappist monks still produce beer according to ancient recipes. Next week: we circle back to Dubai to feature Hiba Rasheed, the Sudanese spoken [...]
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Home

By popagandhi | Published: 21 July, 2009
a lifetime ago in Darjeeling Leading a life on the road can make your vision hazy. This globetrotting lifestyle of the past years, particularly the last one, has been rewarding, challenging, and fulfilling as far as my proclivities for adventure and excitement go. When your backpack is left half-packed, and you have pillows, clothes, shoes [...]
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This Blogger in a Burka Followed by a Few Dresses

By popagandhi | Published: 19 June, 2009
Enough said. Never again. Or if you prefer, the YouTube version. If you’ve enjoyed this, please think about heading over to watch more episodes of the DIY travel show that I do for fun and absolutely no profit. Whenever I update, it’s a video about the Middle East/India. Whenever May does, it’s about London or [...]
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Midnight in the Valley

By popagandhi | Published: 28 May, 2009
Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey, was stunning at any time of the day, especially at the witching hour.
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