Not your idea of sightseeing

Some thoughts on what sightseeing means to different people in different parts of the world...

‘This is not the western idea of sightseeing’, Katrin told me recently, ‘just to sit in cars and look out of the window while being taken from point A to point B. Western people like to walk, to trek, to look at the plants and the trees, to take in the air....’ 

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Another year comes to an end

Today is the last day of 2012 -- what should one do on such a day? Look back at the year that has gone by -- anniversaries, special events, trips to new places, small pleasures at home and at work, with family, friends and colleagues, ...well...many memories of many events and experiences...almost all of them nice... therefore a day to say thank you to whoever it is who is in charge of these things...

But many others were not so lucky --

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Munin Barkotoki Award 2012

Guwahati Dec 24, 2012. The Munin Barkotoki Memorial Trust has decided to confer the Munin Barkotoki Award, 2012 to Sanjibpaul Deka for his story collection Ei Pine Ki Aase and Sharmistha Pritam for her autobiography Aatmakatha, stated a press release. The award carries Rs 30,000 in cash. The award will be given at a function to be held on March 2, 2013 at the Vivekananda Kendra auditorium.

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