By nandan on December 15, 2009
It was my cousin’s wedding on the 12th of December and I was so excited for it but fortunately I could not attend it as I had to be Gwalior for my written exam and interview for tour guide training. The wedding was on the 12th and it was my exam on the 13th, the [...]
Posted in Exorcism | Tagged indian wedding, Varanasi
By nandan on April 22, 2009
My cousin is going to get married soon, maybe in December this year. My relative who has a permanent job in a bank is too much interested in getting people married. He knows several families who want to get their daughters and sons married. He asked my uncle to get his son married with one [...]
Posted in Women in pain | Tagged dowry, hindu weddings, indian wedding, Varanasi
By nandan on September 20, 2008
Rinki, my uncle’s daughter, is 25 years old now and her father has been looking for a groom to get her married for the past 2 years but nobody wants to marry her because she had got her heart valves operated few years ago. My uncle went to a lot of families whom he [...]
Posted in Women in pain | Tagged dowry, indian wedding, women's rights india
By nandan on December 10, 2007
A girl from Colorado named Erin wrote me to meet in Varanasi. She was friend of Krista whom I had work with in Benares. Erin came up with her one other Czechoslovakian friend named Katerina. Erin was a social activist and Katerina was a student. Erin works with a NGO that works for homeless people. [...]
Posted in Groovy Ganges Guest House, Hindu culture | Tagged guest house varanasi, indian wedding