New Delhi, January 2010

[loneraven]

On this day in 1950, the Constitution of the Republic of India came into force, replacing the Government of India Act, made in 1935 as an Act of (Westminster) Parliament. Driving out of Delhi at eight o'clock this morning, I saw the militia practising for the parade - on a row of camels with ribbons and bells and big fuzzy eyes. The fog was so

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[isiscolo]

♥♥♥

The ethnic family experience is both completely foreign and completely familiar to me.

[loneraven]

*smiles* I am always amazed by the cross-cultural commonality of this particular narrative.

[kuteki]

I loved reading this post ♥

Also this: having people remark on how much I've grown happens to me every time I go to Bulgaria, despite the fact that I too have not done so in the last ten years.

[loneraven]

*laughs* Thank you, and I suspect it is something all families have in common.

[anotherusedpage]

I love you.

I love the way you write. I'm all teary eyed at a post of yours, again. I'm glad this was this kind of experience for you.

*hugs*, and happy birthday again.

[loneraven]

Oh, honey, thank you, thank you. I am so glad of you.

[jacinthsong]

ILU babes and want pictures of the lehnga. :)

the passers-by treated me like glass, having reached the not unreasonably conclusion that here was an adult with learning difficulties being shepherded up with the pilgrims in the hope that it would help.
BLESS.

[loneraven]

<333 The only pictures so far are on the book of face, and you can't really see it properly. There are more coming, though, when the relevant parties reach Mumbai and Lucknow and Liverpool and finally get to computers again. :)

[loneraven]

*squish* Thank you, honey. Sometimes, I think, it's better to talk about what you love than what makes you angry.