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Streets of Kolkata: Photo Essay

Anastasia02/17/2016

In anticipation of my first visit to Kolkata (Calcutta) I was scanning internet for images of the city, but little could be found. As a matter of fact, ...

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Where to study yoga in India: Mysore beyond KPJAYI (UPDATED 2019)

Anastasia02/13/2016

If you decided to go to India to study yoga on your own, it is easy to get lost in the ocean of information about all the schools, institutes and retreats offer...

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50 days of yoga practice: what I learned in Mysore

Anastasia01/25/2016

About 3 months ago I fulfilled my long-standing dream - I packed my bags and headed off to Mysore, a birth place of modern yoga as we know it. I neither...

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How to find your Guru, Teacher, Mentor

Anastasia12/12/2015

. When I was taking off to Mysore I was full of determination to find the Teacher. I heard that normally it just happens and the Teacher comes at the right tim...

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Indian flower market: Garland weavers of Mysore

Anastasia11/19/2015

. Flowers. In India - flowers are everywhere. In the streets, in the temples, in the richest and in the poorest of houses, on the gods, in the hair, flowing on...

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Diwali in Mysore

Anastasia11/11/2015

. This week India is celebrating one of its biggest and most important festivals - Diwali, a festival of lights. The festival is celebrating a defeat of the ...

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Different India: Maachli Farm Stay in Maharashtra

Anastasia10/30/2015

Goa airport is a known entry point of India for those, who are looking for a rather relaxed holiday, a type of vacation, for which most of India would be an unl...

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Indian (Hindu) Weddings: Explanation of Rituals

Anastasia11/10/2014

I’m not Hindu and in fact, I do not consider myself to be a follower of any particular institutionalized religion. Before I started to dig into the meaning of r...

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Spice Plantations in Goa (What To Do And See in Goa, Part II)

Anastasia10/01/2014

Have you ever seen how black pepper grows? Did you know that a famous Garam Masala is not a mixture of several spices, but can also be derived out of a single l...

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Forts of Goa (What to Do and See in Goa, Part I)

Anastasia09/28/2014

Forts in Goa India is famous for its forts and palaces, the best witnesses of history and evidence of the bygone majesty and military power of kings. Forts ...

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Hampi: Photos and Stories from South India

Anastasia08/10/2014

After recent numerous conversations with people heading to India for the first time I realized that travel expectations of many first-time visitors of India are...

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What to Wear to an Indian Wedding

Anastasia07/10/2014

If you are invited to an Indian wedding and you’ve never been to one, deciding what to wear and how to wear can become a challenging task! This blog post is wri...

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Indian Bride on her Wedding Day

Anastasia04/14/2014

"We have taken the Seven Steps. You have become mine forever I have become yours. You are thought and I am sound. May the night be honey-sweet for u...

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Haldi Ceremony & Sangeet: Indian-German Wedding, Day 2

Anastasia02/05/2014

Two weeks ago I published a blog post, describing the first day of the Indian-German wedding in Lucknow, where I was a guest in November last year. Today I woul...

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Indian-German Wedding in Lucknow, Day 1

Anastasia01/19/2014

Indian weddings! Who hasn’t dreamt to be a guest at one of those colorful fairy tales? If you’ve ever watched at least one Bollywood movie or you have at least ...

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Golconda Fort at Dusk, Hyderabad

Anastasia12/16/2013

Five hundred years old walls keep more secrets than a human mind can ever possibly imagine. There is nothing that they haven’t witnessed: forbidden romance, tri...

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Jazz + Indian Classical Music = Magic by Shankar Tucker

Anastasia04/09/2013

In recent years the world has seen numerous „You Tube Sensations“: girls who look like dolls, Gangnam style and Harlem Shake, epic talent show failure...

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Indian Wedding (Assam)

Anastasia10/21/2012

A picture of an Indian wedding has always been clear in my head. Not that I had a chance to visit it live before, but the amount of bollywood movies watched and...

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Transport in India

Anastasia09/20/2012

Finding it difficult to breathe, I was still trying to break at least one hand free to make a bit of space around, grasp for air and squeeze through a crowd wh...

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