My latest fad!! Rajasthani soldiers…

  For those who know me this won’t come too much as a surprise: difficulty does not prevent me from doing anything. Importing a Fatboy mattress from France?? It was actually quite tough because though it was light, the size of the carton was too big so Air France wanted to charge me 200€. So I emptied the beans in plastic bags, put the plastic bags in cartons and sticked the...

Publié le 21/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Tchak tchak tchak

A comment on my blog gave me the ideas to write about Geckos…  I have very little experience with them and I don’t really mind them. But some people react to Geckos the way I react with rats… The most memorable story I have with a Gecko is when I pretended to smash one with the electric racket for mosquitoes. Shiv jumped!! Probably because he was scared of the stain on...

Publié le 19/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Arachnid story

First pee break in Assam. First encounter…     This lady was not moving so I decided to pee anyways – but askew, in order to watch her.   Two days later, on Majuli island. We are exploring the monastery guest house: we have to pump the water and the loo is Indian.    So be it, we can accommodate! I go for a pee. Shit, I forgot...

Publié le 12/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Talking about hair…

Cf: http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2011/05/03/think-twice-before-getting-a-hair-cut.html   I have often seen guys with this kind of haircut: shaved head with a rat tail kind of thing (a strand of hair called here Choti ). Considering this is pretty ugly, I have always believed it had to mean something. So I showed this picture to my colleagues who did not really know...

Publié le 10/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Photoblog

I updated my photoblog: a new picture every day in May!! http://indiansamouraipics.hautetfort.com/

Publié le 08/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Think twice before getting a hair cut!

In India, hair is really important. I tried to look for proper article on the same but could not find anything really so I will gather a few things I can remember about it!   There are temples where people shave off and give their hair as an offering to god – which hair is then sent to Italy, treated and recycled in very expensive wigs). There are the Jaïn nuns who...

Publié le 06/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Untouchables, again...

I will finish my story on the “Backwards” (cf http://www.indiandacoit.com/archive/2011/04/14/and-you-what-s-your-little-name.html ) I have been told that my note was full of contempt and condescension. But this system is really contemptible! I will quote here an expert, Marc Boulet who wrote this book “ In the skin of an Intouchable ” – he basically learned Hindi...

Publié le 04/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Brahmaputra!

Publié le 02/05/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Majuli Island - Part 2

Majuli Island, Assam - April 2011     Majuli Island, a land forgotten by the time...   It is now becoming famous, thankf to its "dancing monks" who live in "Satras" (monasteries). These monks pray Vishnu, in his Krishna avatar - there are different branches and rules depending on the monasteries... ... These monks (or "bhakats" -...

Publié le 30/04/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Assamese break!

2 years ago I went for work to Guwahati, in Assam. I had strictly no idea where Assam was but since there was work there, why not go? I realised fast enough that I was far, far away from Mumbai. No internet (except in private houses) even with the datacard, constant electricity cut-offs. An incredible number of insects. I was there for work remember, so all this was quite unexpected!!...

Publié le 26/04/2011 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...