http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Vignettes from Lauren's travel and work in India en Vox Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:47:37 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/gulmarg-the-meadow-of-flowers-blooms-again.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/gulmarg-the-meadow-of-flowers-blooms-again.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/gulmarg-the-meadow-of-flowers-blooms-again.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:47:37 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6b35d0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6b35d0004-50si" alt="DSC01849" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce513ff0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce513ff0002-50si" alt="DSC01850" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce527ea0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce527ea0003-50si" alt="DSC01840" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48d03d1430001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48d03d1430001-50si" alt="DSC01851" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6bb9e0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6bb9e0005-50si" alt="DSC01830" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6b9190004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e6b9190004-50si" alt="Map" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> GULMARG — For nearly twenty years, Mohammed Anwar Sheikh skied down the bowls of a Himalayan peak in Kashmir and waited. Not for the snow, which covered the mountain every winter with meters of powder and not for the impending construction of... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/gulmarg-the-meadow-of-flowers-blooms-again.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce518d20002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/making-the-list.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/making-the-list.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/making-the-list.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:35:53 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e254010005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398e254010005-50si" alt="Yamuna " /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Credit: graphics8.nytimes.com/.../world/29water.04.jpg So Fortune recently published a list of the 25 dirtiest cities in the world. And yes, New Delhi, the place I've been living for the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/making-the-list.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48ce0c04d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/keeping-at-it.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/keeping-at-it.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/keeping-at-it.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 04:21:49 -0800 A travel piece published in Last Exit Magazine, last month. Check out the story here. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/keeping-at-it.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00f48cdfbe470002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/middle-class.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/middle-class.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/middle-class.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:21:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00d4142f535f3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00d4142f535f3c7f-50si" alt="Gold Temple, Amritsar" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Juhi called to tell me the wedding was on and that I should wear traditional clothing. I told her no problem. I was ecstatic, in fact. This would be my first Indian wedding. I didn’t have a sari waiting in the closet (actually still don’t and wor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/middle-class.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b6dabc0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/orissa.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/orissa.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/orissa.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:07:12 -0700 Manas Mohanty popped his bubble gum and reclined in the comfort of his air-conditioned SUV moving past laborers washing after a day of pounding iron ore in India’s eastern town Joda, Orissa. As the car approached another stretch of highway that r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/orissa.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b15f360004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/shatbdi-raw-india.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/shatbdi-raw-india.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/shatbdi-raw-india.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Oct 2007 02:12:03 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09af40003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09af40003-50si" alt="Shatabdi Express " /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09f390005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09f390005-50si" alt="DSC01322" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09b890003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b09b890003-50si" alt="DSC01328" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b0872e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398b0872e0002-50si" alt="DSC01338" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yup. I'm still in Delhi. Still writing. I spent a chunk of September traveling. First stop was in the eastern state of Orissa, a state rich in mineral-ore and yet the most indebted region in the country.Then stopped in Calcutta (Kolkata) before g... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/shatbdi-raw-india.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398a40bb30003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/indian-summer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/indian-summer.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/indian-summer.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:20:05 -0700 You know you've survived the summer in India when the weather outside feels really cool and refreshing and the thermometer still reads 91 Fahrenheit. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/indian-summer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398a28b810002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-to-you-india.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-to-you-india.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-to-you-india.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:05:35 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989e48740003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989e48740003-50si" alt="Flying High" /></a> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989e52510005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989e52510005-50si" alt="India_Gate" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> India celebrated its 60th anniversary of independence yesterday. I pasted below an article from The Indian Express because I think it articulates some of the same points I've heard neighbors and friends make. I've also included some photos from In... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-to-you-india.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989e40bd0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/dancing-queen.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/dancing-queen.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/dancing-queen.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:23:03 -0700 If I was Hindu, or if I at least believed reincarnation, I like to think I could have been a Bollywood dancer in a former life. Not because I am a particularly gifted dancer presently, though I'v... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/dancing-queen.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e3989c69ca0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/a-day-without-change.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lauren Klein) http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/a-day-without-change.html?_c=feed-rss http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/a-day-without-change.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:23:57 -0700 People spend a lot of time talking about change in India. Everyday, someone is debating the country's social change, political change, economic change. Is it good? Is it bad? I don't know. That's why they're debating. But I do know about a differ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://laurenindelhi.vox.com/library/post/a-day-without-change.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e52182bbe2b00e398997c410005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>