Tomorrow morning we are taking the train to New Delhi, and from there we are flying to Calcutta/Kolkata, where Navjot will give a short presentation of his work at a Fulbright conference. I am looking forward to seeing the other Fulbright students Navjot and I met in Washington DC last summer.
After about five days in Calcutta, we will take an overnight train with a few of Navjot's fulbright friends and see the holy city of Varanasi/Benares for a day and a half and from there we will fly back to New Delhi, stay overnight there, then take a train back to Jalandhar City on the 9th.
Although I took about 500 pictures, which you see on the 4 slideshows here (I know, it is overkill), the crowd I traveled with were not interested in seeing the places we traveled to. They wanted to see the people in those places only, which was fine, except I felt I missed out on a little history and photos because the Patiala and Karnal were new to me.
On this trip, as my wise friends reminded me, I can be a tourist and see the interesting places of the Calcutta and Varanasi. Don't worry, I won't add 15 slideshows to this blog, I'll just replace some albums with new ones.
Thanks for all of your kind words and well-wishes. They are precious.
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