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How To Make Grilled Cheese And Burn It EVERY Time

June 27th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Today I was reading through all these articles on a website called ehow where there are hundreds of ‘how to’ articles on every subject. So I thought I would write a very informative and helpful article about something that I have become an expert on since I have been in India. How to make grilled [...]

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Tags: Ashram · Everyday In India · India

So Out Of The Loop!

June 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Since I have been here in India for about two months now at a beautiful ashram, meditating and meditating and meditating…I have gotten SO out of the loop.  What do I mean exactly? Well, the new Sex and the City movie has apparently come out and I can not see it. I just stumbled on [...]

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Tags: India · Reality TV

India - Unity in Diversity

June 11th, 2008 · No Comments

India is land of variety. There is great variety in variety of aspects. The languages, lifestyles, religions, habits, geography, climates, cultures might be different but still they unite us into an invisible frame, the frame of Indianism. Diversity is there in every aspect of India, a land that encloses 1,222,559 sq. meters of land and [...]

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India General Knowledge - General Knowledge And Facts About India

June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

India General knowledge-India’ s face in 2007.
India is a vast country with a lot of diversity. Post independence, India has struggled a lot to gain economic stability. The economic hub of India ‘Mumbai’ looks like any other dobeveloped foreign city now in 2007. You will see high rises, sky scrapers in this city of India. [...]

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Indian Spiritual Teachers in the Last 150 Years

May 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Just as saints in the West have inspired countless people with their search for God and service to humanity, so similarly great spiritual figures in India have always played a pivotal role in revitalizing the spirituality of that ancient country. In former times information about these spiritual figures was passed down anecdotally from generation to [...]

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A Trip To Bangalore

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Well last Saturday was my first trip away from the ashram since I’ve been here. We went to Bangalore for the day. I was happy to go because I wanted to go grocery shopping and get a bunch of food. But the truth is that I really do not like Bangalore. It is just too [...]

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Tags: Ashram · India

Monkey Business

April 21st, 2008 · 3 Comments

I have been thinking all day about posting about the animals that are all around here, at the ashram. But specifically about the monkeys. (Click on the images for bigger pictures)
Why? Because they are so funny. They are very brave, will steal things out of your hands, take things from you and not give it [...]

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Tags: Ashram · India · Pictures

Shopping In Bangalore, India

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

While we were in India, we of course did some amazing shopping. Coming from Norway which is so expensive, it is so nice to be somewhere where the prices are so much lower :)
The Miss
Kanchan
#6, Ground Floor
P.U. Building,
M.G. Road
Bangalore - 560 001
Sanjay Mehla
Mobile: 9341221883
While we stayed at the ashram we were required to wear [...]

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Tags: India · Travel

India

March 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

So I have not been able to tell you about my first trip to India yet…so finally here it is. I have been trying to decide how to share all the information with you. So what I am going to do is first give just an overview of my whole trip, then I will do [...]

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Tags: Ashram · India · Pictures · Travel

Hello From India :)

March 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Hi everyone! It has been a while, I know. But I am still not at home, just back in Bangalore. We found an internet cafe here so I am happy to have the chance to say hello and read my emails.
Thank you all for all the wonderful comments. I will answer the many questions I [...]

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