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To answer that I must explain one of my reasons for accepting the invitation to India. I wanted to go to see one thing: the Taj Mahal.

My friend wanted to go to "pray"---at the Durgah in Ajmer. ...

Brother,

I love to type and I get wordy fast. *Several times the graduate studies term paper had a page limit I couldn't meet....not because my paper was too short, but because my paper was too...

"Too many things..to reply to..."? If you are using a smartphone that is likely true. I only use computers and laptops for the internet....typing is much easier.

I suspect you were on your own...

There may be something to Muslim poverty in India. When the British left in 1947 the country broke down into massacres between the two religions. The country then split apart into East and West...

Lots of great reading on this thread.

Malaverdiere,

I forgot to mention, about the Indian First Class train to Calcutta, there were armed soldiers, armed with Lee-Enfield rifles and those...

That last comment reminded me of taking a leak on the flight from NYC to London. It was getting late and lights were switching off. I figured it was was high time.

As I walked to the rear of the...

Oh you were working there? May I ask doing what? (PM is fine if you wish to keep such on the down low).

I traveled with a guide and interpreter, a best friend I met in college. I wouldn't go to...

You took the train from Delhi to Agra? SMART MAN. That's a much better choice than the bus I took. What did you think of the Taj? What were your feelings of it? What year did you go see this...

MrZ,

The old movies didn't lie, it really was like that, airlines used to "treat you like you were somebody" as The Old Man from "Pawn Stars" says.

When I flew from USA to Bangladesh and back...