tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post2590190969912253970..comments2024-02-15T00:57:03.420-08:00Comments on - Privilege: Telephones, Addresses, Movies. India, 1982LPChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-33859094561426331342009-11-18T07:06:06.594-08:002009-11-18T07:06:06.594-08:00What a great post!
You have evoked many sweet mem...What a great post!<br /><br />You have evoked many sweet memories of my time in India and especially in Mumbai.<br /><br />I am going to India in December and will be visiting the same Taj hotel that you stayed in. <br /><br />I can already smell the Marigolds:-)arvind devaliahttp://www.arvinddevalia.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-35369270420370047552009-11-17T12:08:11.089-08:002009-11-17T12:08:11.089-08:00Wonderful to read about your experiences, you tell...Wonderful to read about your experiences, you tell them well.<br /><br />DarlaDarlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02729017606957829830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-52191795630342199312009-11-17T11:42:21.690-08:002009-11-17T11:42:21.690-08:00So.Lovely.
Cows.Marigolds.Bells.So.Lovely.<br /><br />Cows.Marigolds.Bells.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899239356088557995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-72564622554891266382009-11-17T11:01:18.897-08:002009-11-17T11:01:18.897-08:00Cellphones have leveled the communications infrast...Cellphones have leveled the communications infrastructure by now. And while no one ever told me something was in backside, I did get asked my good name. Thanks for the kind words.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-15308529554676783922009-11-17T08:55:02.179-08:002009-11-17T08:55:02.179-08:00Oh, that was a real treat - your writing is just s...Oh, that was a real treat - your writing is just sublime, and the image of you nervously phoning - yes, all phones were beige for a time, weren't they? - is so touching.<br /><br />I love being told, when asking directions 'Oh, madam, it is in backside (of wherever)' Puerile, but funny.<br /><br />EELShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736614879046626605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-8322362848575978082009-11-17T08:32:58.598-08:002009-11-17T08:32:58.598-08:00What an adventure!! I can't wait to hear the ...What an adventure!! I can't wait to hear the next piece!Black Labs and Lillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486016847656765146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-76937817526915999222009-11-17T07:52:43.190-08:002009-11-17T07:52:43.190-08:00ooohh, I well remember that feeling of being found...ooohh, I well remember that feeling of being found out, of fooling someone into thinking I could actually do the job.<br /><br />I would LOVE to go to India.....someday......Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840629057159581688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-45704708032084053702009-11-17T07:35:40.593-08:002009-11-17T07:35:40.593-08:00o, a researcher's reflexes: now i'm going ...o, a researcher's reflexes: now i'm going to have to crawl around in the <i>times</i>'s archives. is that cheating or paying tribute to a good story? (it's more than good.)laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429404210444847213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-25115508370029169272009-11-17T06:04:52.133-08:002009-11-17T06:04:52.133-08:00You lept off the high board there! Did anyone ask ...You lept off the high board there! Did anyone ask you, "And what is your good name, miss?" <br /><br />I'm always astonished when I talk of my trip to India how many people say, "Oh I would never go THERE". It was absolutely fantastic.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-13696544363938329422009-11-17T05:40:21.288-08:002009-11-17T05:40:21.288-08:00You not only take us there, you take us to that sp...You not only take us there, you take us to that space in time. The growing city, the marigolds and billboards are like a sliver in time. I'm thoroughly enjoying this...more :)Sherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724466373032206343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-78573670377353398562009-11-17T01:11:11.131-08:002009-11-17T01:11:11.131-08:00I am hooked. Can't wait to hear more.I am hooked. Can't wait to hear more.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258220992143729989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-37646989982925475692009-11-16T20:46:09.627-08:002009-11-16T20:46:09.627-08:00Wow! I really enjoyed reading this captivating sto...Wow! I really enjoyed reading this captivating story. So much of it fascinates me.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04441204804740501624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-38246721020596089242009-11-16T17:52:33.029-08:002009-11-16T17:52:33.029-08:00Last year I returned from living in France. It wa...Last year I returned from living in France. It was a wonderful time, and although I was there as an adult, it was amazing how long it took just to do the little things. <br /><br />It's fun to read someone else's experiences of foreign travel. I was lucky that I speak French, and my experience was western Europe. Probably less of a culture shock. But, I must admit that I understand French much better when spoken with an American accent. Nothing like natives firing questions at lightening speed.<br /><br />Thanks for starting my walk down memory lane...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-40884006905884567372009-11-16T17:26:48.669-08:002009-11-16T17:26:48.669-08:00LPC, I think you make a VERY good screenwriter. I...LPC, I think you make a VERY good screenwriter. I felt like I was reading a movie as it unfolded --one of those short documentaries, in black & white, with occasional color pops of gorgeous pink of the bougainvilleas as the camera panned across them.<br /><br />I'm curious: Why slides and not simply photos?Buckeroomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408502555249594576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-45774877604068730442009-11-16T16:45:57.408-08:002009-11-16T16:45:57.408-08:00Yes, a good sense of the anxiety. But even more, t...Yes, a good sense of the anxiety. But even more, the overcoming of it and dealing with it. Handling yourself with class and assurance (You High Wasp you!). IF you were your mother, you would have been proud of you, no?<br />Great post.<br />Can't wait for more!Maureen@IslandRoarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17183530593417498063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-42649313041568267562009-11-16T14:58:58.257-08:002009-11-16T14:58:58.257-08:00Very cool post, darling! Love your descriptions :...Very cool post, darling! Love your descriptions :)<br /><br />xoxox,<br />CCCouture Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401719580947285891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-52753236531178631292009-11-16T14:36:35.688-08:002009-11-16T14:36:35.688-08:0015 years later I was a 14 year old spending 6 mont...15 years later I was a 14 year old spending 6 months there with my family, my father was there for a period of time with work. You have painted some of the same feelings and images I had so vividly!Headbands and Hand Bagshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17274577210063409406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-74175768522467160802009-11-16T14:16:14.678-08:002009-11-16T14:16:14.678-08:00Even today, I find it challenging to figure out ph...Even today, I find it challenging to figure out phone use and protocol in different countries -- even in Paris in the hotel we've gone to for the past five springs, we mis-dial one of the required prefixes and end up trying to make our dinner reservation with the front desk hotel attendant -- and that's in a language we can almost speak! I can't imagine being on my own in my 20s in such a foreign and exotic environment trying to cope with phones and cabs and the imposter syndrome, all at once!materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-13066703681208635502009-11-16T14:12:09.313-08:002009-11-16T14:12:09.313-08:00So funny. I just talked to my sister. She said I h...So funny. I just talked to my sister. She said I had written a very good description of anxiety. I think it's been so long since it all happened, and yet still so powerful, that when I remember I re-experience it all. And my own feelings were so much more vivid even than anything around me. At least in those first few days. Later on I began to see the humor. Luckily.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5536011140055575088.post-25642870113893894012009-11-16T13:09:32.557-08:002009-11-16T13:09:32.557-08:00You have conveyed so much with this post, but most...You have conveyed so much with this post, but mostly what it was like to be a nervous and unsure girl in a very foreign land, and the woman that girl grew into, trying to remember what it was like to be that girl.<br /><br />Wonderful.Janhttp://www.janssushibar.comnoreply@blogger.com