Tag: india
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Delhi on the way home
I stopped in Delhi on the way back from Ladakh partly because I wanted to explore a mega city of 23 million people and see what such a large chunk of humanity is up to. And partly because I can’t get enough of India; it is so damn interesting. I have been to Delhi a…
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Seven days on the roof of the world: A Leh–Ladakh Motorcycle tour
Leh in the Indian Himalayas does not reveal itself easily. At 3,500 metres, the air is thin, the light is hard, and the mountains look as if they’ve been cut from biscuit tins. I spent the first few days wandering Leh at a deliberately slow pace. The old market, the palace, Shanti Stupa, a few…
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![Kolkata moments [14/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150320_143652.jpg)
Kolkata moments [14/50]
Kolkata in West Bengal, India, is possible one of the most exciting and challenging cities that I have ever visited; nothing quite prepares you for it. I remember when I first came here in the mid-1990s how I felt a combination of fear, excitement, and horror, all at the same time, each emotion competing for…
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![Rishikesh pancake therapy…[10/50]](https://www.craigbellamy.net/images//wpid-20150214_114822.jpg)
Rishikesh pancake therapy…[10/50]
I have spent the past week in Rishikesh in the state of Uttrakhand in Northern India. It is relaxed and chilled here, a backpacker backwater of the 1960s hippy trail. The town is surrounded by mountains on either side with the clear and fast-running Ganges slithering between it connected by two wobbly suspension bridges. The…
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Digital Humanities in India
I am not sure if there is a defined ‘Digital Humanities’ field in India (where I am at the moment), but there is activity occurring in numerous places. The Library Science is one area to find Digital Humanities activities in India as per this International Conference on Digital Libraries in New Delhi early in 2010.…