BASHA
It was almost dawn as Basha was woken up by a loud and rude knock on his door. He was staying in a hut near a rice field deep in the forest area. There was a village near the area called Kala but it was a 10-minute walk from…
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A Tour Guide’s Day
The sun had come up a bit early today. It was the rainy season after all and seemed that it would continue to pour especially at the Chittorgarh Fort. Pradeep Salve got up at his usual time of 6:30 am woken up like always by his old …
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Sold to Taliban Part 3: Liza’s Love
Liza just couldn’t get enough of the shoot. All the time, she had to run from one corner of the field to the other as fake bombs exploded in the air. There were cameras all around the ground as a few drones tried to capture the footage from top. Liza…
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Sold To Taliban, Part 2
For a young rural girl sitting on the plane for the first time, it was indeed a novel experience for Liza. She had difficulty in putting her bag in the overhand locker and almost dropped her belongings. “Let me help you, madame.” An air host…
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Sold to Taliban
She was barely sixteen. Liza was a teenage girl from the ancient Pakistani town of Peshawar. Her father, a po…
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The Bear Necessity at the Sophia Cathedral and the Vladimir’s Cathedral at Kiev
I and Anna had a ball outside the Sophia Cathedral as we were filming the scene with my GoPro as two guys approached us. One of them was dressed as a huge b…
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The Ghost in the Cemetery
I had just recovered from my cough and running nose after an all-day rest in my comfortable hotel in Lviv. Next morning, I was up and about. After a hot shower and a change, I headed straight for the d…
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In Conversation with an Ukrainian Slut at Victory Square in Kiev
It was bitter cold in Kiev. I had just finished my day excursion to Chernobyl. It was a group trip and we reached late at night. Next day was a day…
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Restless in Siberia
Ah, Siberia! As I had begun planning for my Russia trip, I knew that I had to have Siberia in my must-see places and that I had to visit house Continue reading
Indo-Pak Conversations in Moscow
I stayed at a tasteful hotel in Moscow where there are three hotels in a row called
