Etan Doronne
Back from 10 months of traveling India. Now in the USA, I continue my personal experience that started there in 2007 and continued in the USA. Learning from whatever comes my way. Days in rural areas are a handful of activity even without planning anything ahead. Now sharing my notebook, stories, photos and videos here, on twitter as 'My_India' and touring the USA with 'My India - Where every village is home', a no-charge public program. Enjoy & please comment or contact with any comments
Find me at: http://www.myindiaexperience.com
Ten Tips
India: freezeframing the unstopable
20 May 2012 — 160 views
A novice, I jumped head-on into the hive. 2 dusty years worth of photography tips from backpacking villages & towns across India.
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An 8-wife wedding & a foreigner. South Indian Hindu temple, N. Hollywood, California
8 Apr 2012 — 661 views
Among vegetables & Indian groceries I was surprised to find a geography Phd, South Indian dance instructor, owner Nalini let me into an 8-wife wedding
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Legendary Yezdi in Mahabali's kingdom
5 Apr 2012 — 749 views
I was late to meet mythical Yezdi, but the trail of reputation left behind was still twirling on many tongues along Indian village roads.
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Mani street
30 Mar 2012 — 486 views
It took less then 2 days in a town I knew nobody to become family, in the dusty foothills of northern Tamilnadu, India.
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'Why You Should Get Car Insurance'
23 Feb 2012 — 745 views
My jaw dropped open on an autorickshaw accident in Ahmdabad, Gujarat on how Indian work it.
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Mud house, - India
16 Nov 2011 — 1279 views
In summertime everyone visits relatives who kept their mud house. Those not lucky enough are seated outside front doors, waiting for cement walls to chill
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Adivasi spirit, - India
10 Nov 2011 — 809 views
One day my friend asked, "would you like to see a school for those who couldn't sit still. Nomadic tribal children, Adivasi. India
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Between a river & the sea, - India.
4 Oct 2011 — 954 views
Between a river and the sea, past a playground, on a sunny morning I stumbled upon Hindu cremation ground and stayed moved. Kerala, India.
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Indian train spotting on a passage to India
16 Sep 2011 — 1119 views
Zooming by I often get a quick peek at people waiting by their village or town's railroad crossing. This time I stepped down.
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The eclectic tip of India
31 Jul 2011 — 951 views
Tuticorin district villages, the 'lighthouse' of India, have seen an endless parade of world cultures wash upon their shores. A night ride with Santhana.
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A date with a King. Rajdoot
12 Jul 2011 — 2247 views
Long before the Japanese invasion of 'white Lakan', Rajdoot ruled India's rural rugged roads as the all-in-one two-wheeler
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Meat loving vegetarian
22 Jun 2011 — 1001 views
When I was 8 we got a pet goat. Then followed pet chicken, dogs, cats, rabbits turtles. I love the taste but...
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Chaos for harmony
9 Jun 2011 — 758 views
What is the power of a dripping faucet over 12 hours ?
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Around Kallakurichi with Jeyasankar and Ranji
28 May 2011 — 833 views
My adventures with my couple of friends, Jeyasankar and ranji, around Tamil Nadu's rural town and villages around. India
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India traveler's cost of living
23 May 2011 — 1067 views
How far does a Rupee take me and what is offered free, for the sake of Karma. Price list and tips.
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Tamil all-star elections - India 2011
14 May 2011 — 1370 views
Long before the Reagan-Schwarzenegger era, Tamil people have always preferred their top movie stars in the chief minister seat. This happened again this week.
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Desi Cow - Or - how to spell 'Indian street'
11 May 2011 — 1675 views
There's nothing more locally Indian then a cow.
Not the cow that goes Mooo... This one is an equal rights citizen
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Ambassador of Good Wheel
28 Apr 2011 — 2274 views
70 mpg from this automotive dinosaur ?! This British beauty cooks Indian style !!
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Indian police - A foreigner's mystery
25 Apr 2011 — 1649 views
A waste of a day, I thought. Visa registration at the government town district police headquarters. All I could imagine was corruption & ego.
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Indian Motorcycle Diaries
11 Apr 2011 — 1337 views
Being a family "car" the Indian motorcycle or scooter has some "optional" equipment unique to traditional life here
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Indian rail - way to go
8 Apr 2011 — 1035 views
India has the largest railway in the world. It is also a world on it's own. What's going on an Indian moving train ?
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Surrender & Salvation
5 Apr 2011 — 695 views
Or simply 'Life'. It looks like a miracle but it happens daily.
Photo Essay
India's cricket world cup begins with a village boy
4 Apr 2011 — 1425 views
- 'Today is a holiday? No restaurant is open?'
- 'World cup... India... Sri Lanka'
The story of cricket mixed with rice fields, cows, busy alleys
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A foreigner's birthday gift
31 Mar 2011 — 956 views
What birthday gift could I give 11 year old Viniyasree, as a tourist in Tamil Nadu ? Finally it's a DVD documenting our time together.
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250 stamps later... ready to ship !
30 Mar 2011 — 1418 views
What does it take to ship a parcel with Indian Post and how I add fun and new friends to this maze ?
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My Tamil family homemade Israeli dinner
17 Mar 2011 — 2383 views
4 people, 3 hours later, too long, even in terms of Indian complex kitchen. -'Do you make this daily?' -'Yes'. But we started from scratch
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Indian impro-talent show
15 Mar 2011 — 825 views
What can you do in an Indian rural town's public park? I had no big expectations but what did I know ?...
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A writing point of view
4 Mar 2011 — 890 views
Today I aimed for a writing spot on the samudra (ocean). Cyber cafe cubicle feel is opposite to the Indian life I try to forward.
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'Did you come first?'
5 Feb 2011 — 783 views
The answer is 'no'. But it was worth running the extra mile. Shanti Shanti, Dir'e-Dir'e.
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2011 My India documentary
4 Jan 2011 — 1264 views
January 18th 2011, back to India. The means: living in remote rural villages, video documenting their lives. The Aim: Benefit both villagers and us westerners
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"You take Chai?" - Asked my sweet, warm and spicy India
14 Dec 2010 — 2612 views
Composed of British grammar and an Ayurvedic twist on the 'proper' imperial drink, it tells the story of India.
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The Dhaba - ढाबा
2 Oct 2010 — 1929 views
India. The rural restaurant - where the beauty is on the plate rather then on the walls. The sure bet for taste-buds and stomach.
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Crash Landing
13 Aug 2010 — 1295 views
The return from India and the landing back in the USA: Culture shock, panic attack homelessness. The journey continues.
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Back Street Legend
4 Aug 2010 — 1477 views
I was clueless about India's cricket icon and then an occasional photo with him turned me into a make-a-wish photomontager.
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Sea Virgins
19 Jun 2010 — 1456 views
This is the joy of desert dwellers meeting the ocean for the first time in their lives. A 6000km train journey with Desi friends.
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Lucky being lost
27 May 2010 — 1097 views
I noticed a circle of curious spectators had formed around me, just staring at me. If I was feeling silly before this was already alarming.
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Chief of police in my bedroom
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