by liz scully | Mar 5, 2014 | Cultural Differences, India, Reasons I live in India
Ah now, here will be a real loss for me. I love the food here. Where else can I eat so easily as a vegetarian? There are veggie restaurants everywhere you turn – ‘pure veg’ at that. So no eggs and no chance of contamination with meat in any form as it’s just not...
by liz scully | Feb 26, 2014 | Cultural Differences, India, Reasons I live in India
Really, where else can you go to temple and see the same ceremony and hear the same words, spoken in the same way as they were 5000 years ago? That’s like popping in on a service that was set up for the Pharaohs. It’s really quite something. When I went down to...
by liz scully | Feb 19, 2014 | Cultural Differences, India, Reasons I live in India, Travel
As you read this, I will be on my way for a rather lovely couple of days soaking in the atmosphere of a vineyard in North India. They’re getting a chunk of us bloggers together to sit about and say how nice the place is – and frankly, if you put me in...
by liz scully | Feb 12, 2014 | Cultural Differences, Culture, India, Reasons I live in India
Now that I’m leaving India in a few short months, I’d like to talk some more about why I’ve loved living here for four years. That’s three years this time in Bangalore and a year earlier, down in Kerala. First and foremost is the warmth of the Indian people. Really,...
by liz scully | Nov 20, 2013 | Cultural Differences, India, Reasons I live in India
I get SAD in the winter in Europe. That’s Seasonal Adjusted Depression, if you’re not in the know. Which means that if it’s so grey and dark that I see so little daylight, eventually I start getting grey and dark on the inside too. The way to fix...
by liz scully | Jun 5, 2013 | Cultural Differences, Culture, India, Reasons I live in India
Not just India is more colourful; I’m more colourful here. Those of you that know me from London, will know I’m a dedicated wearer of the go-to media colour: black. You’ll have heard me say: that if I buy something, sooner or later I’ll look at it and think, I’d...