China
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The surprising part is that I am not a food person but gastronomic interjections have always been lurking in the background. In the 1970s while in the midst of understanding the nuances of the Romantic poets P B Shelly, Keats and William Wordsworth ( for Bachelors at Allahabad University) I would willingly miss lectures to gormandize on… Read more
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City Tours: Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Sanya….. cities on the tourist map of China, by air and train were journeys to view the impassive facades of city life. Sanya, touted as the Hawaii of the East, is the winter holiday destination for cold East Europe and Mainland China. The Expressway route to Taizhou, Ningbo and Cixi, the… Read more
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August 2009 – *7.30 a.m. Shanghai railway station and the city waking up to early morning sounds and rituals. We arrive from Beijing, the second part of our journey, stifling yawns and sidestepping persistent cab drivers on way out of the station. I survey the unimpressive surroundings while waiting for friend who had gone to check… Read more
Journies of change 