Thursday 27 August My last day in MiD-DAY and how happy I was that it was. The new editor reprimanded me for going to the co-ordinator because I was not being given work to do. This was my first encounter with him so how was I supposed to get work. He gave me an article…
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Wednesday 26 August Today yet another fruitful day at MiD-DAY. I ended up leaving early and we went to try and get an open bus tour of the city. According to our lonely planet they do exist but finding the address we were informed the company stopped operating in 2007. Instead we headed to the Big…
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Tuesday 25 August Today was yet another boring day at MiD-DAY. In the afternoon I did get a story to find some billionaires daughter on facebook. They said I she went to Stanford university and I should try and find one of her friends or see if any of my friends knew someone that knew…
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In the past nude beaches were looked on in dismay. Parents would quickly cover their kid’s eyes when getting a glimpse of one from a boat on a sun holiday. These days nude beaches are no longer breaking news. However there is a new craze beginning. Fancy stretching out in front of a room of…
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High Note 100 feet road, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore As a European living in India for a month the culture is certainly a lot different. The traffic, the food, the people and the traditions. Suddenly you go from English, American and Italian delicacies to eating rice at every meal. High note restaurant offers a…
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Monday 24 August Another boring day in MiD-DAY the editor from week 1 quit, her replacement from weeks 2 and 3 aslo quit so now got no one. I sat bored in the office with nothing to do for 7 hours before leaving early. That night the others got henna on their hands and feet…
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Sunday 23rd August Today was the last day for many of the volunteers so we just took it easy in the morning before going for breakfast. In the afternoon we swapepd photographx. Later that night we went to visit ganesh for the ganesh festival.
Saturday 22nd August Still feeling sick from the lunch the day before I slept in until 9.30am the longest I have been allowed stay in bed and the first time I have skipped katary breakfast since arriving. Later that day we went to commercial street where I picked up my dresses from the tailor and…
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Friday 21st August. Today we sneaked down for breakfast fearful of what Mrs Katary would say about our hampi disaster. She completed ignored it and we ended up telling her. Surprisingly she didn’t get angry. That day I spent the day with Daniel. We went to MG road to the book store where we bought…
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Thursday 20th August. Today I sat with nothing to do again all day. The newspaper world in India is clearly more relaxing with no one worrying about deadlines. Eventually at 3.30 after sitting for 6 hours with no work I was given a story on nude yoga. Yes a great topic of conversation in India…
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