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13. Singularity

Colin Rezo, return­ing from a busi­ness trip in India on a plane, may or may not have an exis­ten­tial freak-out after con­sid­er­ing his sex-tourist antics, then may or may not be mocked by Ger­mans. First appeared in the Fall 2011 issue of Trans­fer Mag­a­zine (#102).

12.09.2011 – 8:07:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Like Real Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Day 19: Lumbini

The birth­place of Bud­dha and home to dozens of monas­ter­ies, all built in dif­fer­ent styles suit­ing the Bud­dhist soci­eties which built them. Korea, Japan, Thai­land, Bhutan, Nepal, oth­ers; each cul­ture erected and imprinted their own inter­pre­ta­tion. The true draw of the site is the ancient monastery and pil­lar erected by Asoka the Great, now pro­tected …

03.17.2011 – 7:00:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Day 15: Varanasi

I’ve never had such a love-hate rela­tion­ship with any­where on planet Earth as with Varanasi. Maybe for­eign­ers should be barred from this city. I don’t know. On one hand, this is a cul­tur­ally amaz­ing place. It’s among of humanity’s most ancient cities, and it shows; lay­ers of alley­ways and build­ings in degrees of decay bunch up …

03.13.2011 – 10:03:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Day 11: Khajuraho

This is the Dis­ney­land of India. It’s not pre-designed, of course–the three tem­ple groups here are gen­uine, all of them circa 1000CE, and real peo­ple live here. I’ve just never seen this many tourists crowded into one place in this coun­try before, nor have I been to an Indian city with merely 15,000 res­i­dents, nor …

02.16.2011 – 2:22:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)