ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Mystery & Manners in Savannah, April 2012
Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
It seems I was barely back from India before I was heading back to the airport en route to Savannah to discuss Flannery O’Connor – for the fourth time. You might think that this would be a rather hum drum same old, same old experience for discussion leader Nancy Carr and me. But we both [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – India and its afterglow
Posted on 27. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
Our days were full of paradox and mystery. One does not return from perhaps the most spiritual and sensuous place on earth having “made sense of India.” In sifting and percolating my impressions, I am reminded of a continuing theme in one of the books we read, Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children, awarded the best Booker [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – India — Arti ceremony is intimate in Narlai and spectacular in Varanasi
Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Hindu ceremont, Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
India’s holiest City Varanasi holds this Ganga Arti ceremony every evening at sunset. Pilgrims gather on the banks of the Ganges where fire is offered to Lord Shiva and the river. Fire is used as a link between this world and the spirit world. Arti is also celebrated in intimate ways, as seen here at a [...]
TODAY IN LITERATURE – “The Day Always Belongs to the Sun,’ by Tran Thanh Ha
Posted on 26. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, Today in Literature, Travel Pursuits
On of the things that strikes me over and over on our Classical Pursuits trips is the confirmation that however we may appear to differ across the ages, oceans and culture, in all essential ways, we are one human family. Maybe Shylock said it as well as any, “If you prick us, do we not bleed? if [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Dung or Marble?
Posted on 10. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
There is no way postcard snaps or even a glossy National Geographic special can prepare you for the simultaneous majesty and delicacy of the iconic Taj Mahal, a monument to love built by the Muslim Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz, who died giving birth to her 14th child in 1631. On the [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – awe
Posted on 10. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
“A teardrop on the cheek of time” – Rabindranath Tagore on the Taj Mahal a first glimpse from a distance … a feeling of awe Related Posts:ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Dung or Marble?ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – India and its afterglowON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Udaipur, the City of PalacesON [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – senses and ritual
Posted on 10. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
A ritual performed morning and night in temple on hotel grounds in small village of Narlai by the tribesmen who work there. You can’t hear the bells and drumming and chanting or smell the incense, but I wish you could. From india9.com: “Narlai, situated at the base of a hillock, on the top [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Udaipur, the City of Palaces
Posted on 10. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
Udaipur, the City of Palaces, a visual feast. Chattering monkeys, stunning architecture. Related Posts:ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Dung or Marble?ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – awe ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Origins of MulligatawnyON THE ROAD WITH ANN – India and its afterglowON THE ROAD WITH ANN – senses and [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Origins of Mulligatawny
Posted on 06. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Ann's Musings, Classical Trivia!, Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
No time for a full post at the moment, as we are enjoying full days on the Sub-Continent, but I wanted to share this excellent piece with you: a little food for thought! (with thanks to James Harbeck at Word Tasting Notes) http://sesquiotic.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/mulligatawny/ Related Posts:ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – Udaipur, the City of [...]
ON THE ROAD WITH ANN – The times they are a changin’, up to a point
Posted on 04. Mar, 2012 by Ann in Journal, On the Road with Ann, Travel Pursuits
Example: personal and professional lives of two guides. Priti was with us in Delhi. As you can see, she is knock-out beautiful. And I can attest to her inner beauty as well. Priti and her husband met at university, still unusual in a country where arranged marriages remain the norm. They have one 16-year [...]
