Tag Archives: india

Into the Heart of South India

By popagandhi | Published: 2 July, 2010
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The Malabar Rampage

By popagandhi | Published: 30 March, 2010
Come Sunday, Andrew, Karthik and I will be driving 2800 kilometres around India… in an autorickshaw. Here’s the site we’ll be updating on the go. It’ll take us around the Dravidian states, according to the following route: Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, Yercaud, Coimbatore, Thrissur, Cochin, Mararikulam, Kovalam, Kanyakumari, Courtallam, Tuticorin, Madurai, Thanjavur (Tanjore), Pondicherry, and back to [...]
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Some Tips on Indian Visas

By popagandhi | Published: 9 March, 2010
in the Singapore/Malaysia/United Arab Emirates context (i.e. the places where I’ve applied for an Indian visa) Never forget: almost everybody needs a visa to India. The default “tourist” visa you get (I say this as a Singapore citizen) is a 6-month multiple entry visa. It costs S$50 in Singapore. Don’t go to the High Commissions [...]
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Alpha and Omega

By popagandhi | Published: 5 March, 2010
Everything starts and ends with India. I am always coming and going to India. Every post of significance here, these days, seems to have to do with the going and returning and yearning for India. I spent all of 2008 yearning for adventure, 2009 living it, 2010 wanting a bed, a pillow and a bedfellow. [...]
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India Redux

By popagandhi | Published: 3 August, 2009
I know my writing archives here are in an udder mess. I’m trying to work on it. Since there’s been an influx of new readers over from Desicritics, I’ve decided to put together a loosely compiled list of Popagandhi posts about India, love and loss, often at the same time. Pick any at random, there’s [...]
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