Subway Ride, Cultural Show
It was 7 PM by the time we succeeded in reserving the tickets and prepared ourselves for the evening. We had high end tickets and the...
Street Scenes in Bangkok, Images
One of the interesting sites that attracted my attention in the city was the communal outdoor eating spread out over miles on the...
Sanskrit scholars from Orissa, Sanskrit play
Orissa is a land of dichotomy. Tucked at the coast with mostly unspoiled landscape, it has developed a rich culture by retaining an old...
Arts and Education in Sanskrit
We have now set up a routine for the Conference: get up at 5 AM, have coffee, review the previous day's seminars, share views and issues,...
Poetry Meet and General Body Meeting
It was Friday, the last day of the Conference. We had a Sanskrit Poets' meeting in the morning, followed by the general body meeting of...
The Grand Palace
Bangkok is a well spread out city. We had obtained the city maps and the briefings for a possible tour. Sightseeing is a process of...
Touring Bangkok
To get up lonely in a large room in a foreign hotel is a different experience. I had slept late, so lingered in bed a bit longer and got...
Khon Dance Theater
Though we belonged to a village in Puri, Orissa, I grew up in Cuttack, a town some sixty miles north. Puri is at the sea, Cuttack is...
Theravada Nuns' Religious Service
More than fifty years ago, during the turbulent sixties, we had some discussion of the Orissa's maritime trade. Those were the days of...
Ayutthia Park
All the sheets and the dhurries were folded back and each of the participants was given back apacket with his or her name on it. The...
