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We had family visiting us from Ocala, Florida.


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We watched the Fourth of July fireworks from a friend's apartment terrace:


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Since many of the firework displays around St.Louis were cancelled due to the high temperatures and fear of fire, we figured that the display under the Gateway Arch was likely to be immensely crowded ( Read more... )

On Independence Day, I found that almost every auto had a Tiranga flying:


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Celebrating one's patriotism is not a matter of flying the flag on one day...it also means not littering, not breaking the rules, being polite and helpful to other Indians...EVERY day. Pride in one's country should be a daily state of mind, not an occasional token statement. That minute of pride in the billowing Tiranga should extend into a ( Read more... )

I've just caught up with everyone's posts from the past few days, but I am unable to post any comments, and it is SO frustrating for a loudmouth like me. I want to comment on Trish's lovely pics of chillies fried in olive oil, I want to tell Gilda how much I admire her paring down: I want to tell Arun that his poem about his daughter's cycling is ( Read more... )

There were fireworks at 9.15 pm scheduled on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of July at the Gateway Arch. We went on the 2nd....on the 3rd, rain resulted in the fireworks being cancelled, and on the 4th, we looked up at the sky at the fireworks everyone around us was letting off (private fireworks are permitted on the 4th of July.)...and enjoyed the flowers ( Read more... )

I have posted a few photographs of the Independence Day and Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations to a Flickr account, at ( Read more... )