The Royale Midtown - Reviews - Bhubaneswar

You’ve heard the saying: Left-handed people are the only ones in their right minds.  That may be true in some places, but not in India.  As a lef...

My volunteer assignment is in Bhubaneswar (boo-bah-NESH-wahr), the capital city of Orissa, a northeastern state.  It’s known as the temple city of Ind...

Traveling somewhere for the first time, the intensity of the sights and sounds is magnified.  After a while, a filter develops to keep out what’s norm...

Bina, the woman of the couple who are the proprietors of the hostel where I’m living, has knocked on my door a few times at night, come in, pulled a plasti...

Okay, so that’s not the most original title, but it’s apt.  There really are cows roaming around everywhere.  These two, for instance, are outs...