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I spent two weeks in India earlier this year, the first in the north and the second with family in the south. Here are some pictures from Jaipur, on the first leg of the journey.


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A couple nights ago, _untranslated_ asked me if marriages between first cousins was a common thing in India or atleast among Tamils. Here is my answer with a lot of additional details and pictures from rural India which you may not get to read about or see anywhere else. Enjoy!

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Yay! First day of rain since arriving in India. You have to understand that Chennai and the monsoon have a hit-miss relationship. More often than not this wonderfully hot city will descend into a week of stickiness and overcast conditions as the monsoon lashes itself on all regions except here! Then, just when you think it's going to rain, you wake ( Read more... )