INDIA: A TRAVEL WRITER'S TALES
by Margaret Deefholts

Back cover blurb: "India both fascinates and repels. The abject poverty of its cities, with huts improvised from scraps of tin, tar-paper, plastic jute, shards of metal - i.e. just about anything that can hold a shack together - the throngs of people clinging to tilting buses and bulging suburban trains during rush hour, beggars belief. But it is a way of life for millions - day after day, month after month and year after year. And through it all runs a cheerful resignation. Indians make the best of what they have and don't waste their energy bucking the system. The law of Karma governs all. Eternity is timeless. What is a lifetime but the passing of a shadow at noon.

These tales aren't meant to be essays on advice as to where to stay, what to see, or facts relating to currency, weather etc. as all these deails are readily available on the Internet. Rather, they are my personal impression of people, places, sights and sounds in a country that staggers the imagination as no other country does."

Surrey, British Columbia Canada: 2021

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