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bucheon bum
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| well i'm going to traveling solo in India in June (via Bangladesh). I really doubt it could be THAT bad. If it was, why would there be so many solo travelers that go there? |
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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Location: somewhere i have never travelled
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I travelled alone, no problems. Met women traveliing alone, none of whom reported problems. India is safer than most Western countries, so I don't see why India deserves special concern when travelling alone. |
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ella
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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I lived by myself (in Delhi) and traveled all over India alone. No problems. As a matter of fact, I was treated very well wherever I went.
Use the same common sense you would in any large city. Leave the jewelry, designer labels, and expensive cameras and accessories at home. Dress respectfully - by Indian standards. Keep in mind you don't have to respond to everyone who tries to talk to you. You'll be fine. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:58 am Post subject: |
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I'd recommend Kolkata too. Working at Mother Teresa's home for the Destitute and Dying for a few days is a must do experience. |
I've had better things to do that help a (now deceased) religious nutter let people suffer painful deaths in the name of faith. Still, whatever floats your boat, baby. Still, while the other kids at the hostel were doing that, I was playing cricket on the maidan, checking out a CPI(M)-led general strike or sipping a G&T at the Tollygunge club in memory of my dear old Grandpa who was a soldier there during WWII. |
yes, that's precisely why I mentioned it... so that it might float somebody's boat. If you don't like it STFU and do as you did, make your own suggestions all of which are great.
I didn't do it in the name of religion (95% of those volunteering don't either). I did it because I think helping someone die with dignity is a good thing. You may disagree but then that's your problem and seeing as you never went there (I take it) your opinion of what takes place there is worth little if not nothing.
Thanks for the opportunity...  |
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travel zen
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
Location: Good old Toronto, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: |
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It's all well and good until someone gets stolen into an ashram and is forced to incant 200 times !
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| the saint wrote: |
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| the saint wrote: |
I'd recommend Kolkata too. Working at Mother Teresa's home for the Destitute and Dying for a few days is a must do experience. |
I've had better things to do that help a (now deceased) religious nutter let people suffer painful deaths in the name of faith. Still, whatever floats your boat, baby. Still, while the other kids at the hostel were doing that, I was playing cricket on the maidan, checking out a CPI(M)-led general strike or sipping a G&T at the Tollygunge club in memory of my dear old Grandpa who was a soldier there during WWII. |
yes, that's precisely why I mentioned it... so that it might float somebody's boat. If you don't like it STFU and do as you did, make your own suggestions all of which are great.
I didn't do it in the name of religion (95% of those volunteering don't either). I did it because I think helping someone die with dignity is a good thing. You may disagree but then that's your problem and seeing as you never went there (I take it) your opinion of what takes place there is worth little if not nothing.
Thanks for the opportunity... |
STFU yourself, if you knew anything about the woman and her ways and had half a brain, rather than being a naive little *beep* fresh out of undergrad, you wouldn't go within cooee of the place. Back in your box, gimp. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
I'd recommend Kolkata too. Working at Mother Teresa's home for the Destitute and Dying for a few days is a must do experience. |
I've had better things to do that help a (now deceased) religious nutter let people suffer painful deaths in the name of faith. Still, whatever floats your boat, baby. Still, while the other kids at the hostel were doing that, I was playing cricket on the maidan, checking out a CPI(M)-led general strike or sipping a G&T at the Tollygunge club in memory of my dear old Grandpa who was a soldier there during WWII. |
yes, that's precisely why I mentioned it... so that it might float somebody's boat. If you don't like it STFU and do as you did, make your own suggestions all of which are great.
I didn't do it in the name of religion (95% of those volunteering don't either). I did it because I think helping someone die with dignity is a good thing. You may disagree but then that's your problem and seeing as you never went there (I take it) your opinion of what takes place there is worth little if not nothing.
Thanks for the opportunity... |
STFU yourself, if you knew anything about the woman and her ways and had half a brain, rather than being a naive little *beep* fresh out of undergrad, you wouldn't go within cooee of the place. Back in your box, gimp. |
Do tell jaganath69! What dirt do you have on Mother Teresa? |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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google search christopher hitchens and mother teresa.
Slate article |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
google search christopher hitchens and mother teresa.
Slate article |
Thanks, BB. It never ceases to amaze the me amount of people who had no idea what she was all about. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:16 am Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
google search christopher hitchens and mother teresa.
Slate article |
Thanks, BB. It never ceases to amaze the me amount of people who had no idea what she was all about. |
okay... so you've made it your life goal to diss MT... what the heck does that have to do with people from this forum going to help people with some friendship before they die
Don't get the connection. Perhaps my lack of life experience as you mentioned so forgive me for that. Maybe you'd better explain.
Hey, if you have problems with Catholics, go volunteer at Dr. Jack's place. Something tells me though that you're not much interested in helping people through their suffering.
Are you? |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| the saint wrote: |
| jaganath69 wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
google search christopher hitchens and mother teresa.
Slate article |
Thanks, BB. It never ceases to amaze the me amount of people who had no idea what she was all about. |
okay... so you've made it your life goal to diss MT... what the heck does that have to do with people from this forum going to help people with some friendship before they die
Don't get the connection. Perhaps my lack of life experience as you mentioned so forgive me for that. Maybe you'd better explain.
Hey, if you have problems with Catholics, go volunteer at Dr. Jack's place. Something tells me though that you're not much interested in helping people through their suffering.
Are you? |
Nothing against Catholics, my dear sainted godmother is one as are many of my good friends. What I was banging on about is an NGO that receives massive funding by trading on its good name but basically lets people die in pain rather than giving them the appropriate medications to help with their pain. |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Nothing against Catholics, my dear sainted godmother is one as are many of my good friends. What I was banging on about is an NGO that receives massive funding by trading on its good name but basically lets people die in pain rather than giving them the appropriate medications to help with their pain. |
ah okay now I see a bit more where you're coming from. Well I can attest personally that appropriate medications are given to them. By "appropriate" here I think you have to understand the context. A guy I treated had bedsores so bad you could see his pelvis clearly as the flesh was eaten away. Now, he had been brought off the street. He had a choice of dying in agony on the roadside or dying with pain medication on a bed with people who could mop his brow for the few days he had left. What he was given was appropriate when you consider that the possibility of a hospital room and hospital treatment was not available at all.
Do you have any personal experience of working there at all? |
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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Location: somewhere i have never travelled
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
google search christopher hitchens and mother teresa.
Slate article |
That article seems more interested in sneering than substance. The only specific criticism is that she was pro-life. Well there's a shocker. The rest of it is complaining about the Nobel Prize (not something she did), the motives of the Vatican (not something she did), the claim of a miracle (not something she did), and the fact that there are a lot of eponymous clinics (not substantive). I have no opinion on the matter, being neither religious nor an expert on Ms. Theresa, but that article is empty. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| it was just to provide a reference for the guy's question. I suggested doing a google search, and that was one link that came up. I did not say it was the best, most complete answer. |
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