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Category Archives: Bombay Letters
Hello from Bombay – A Letter I Wrote to American Schoolchildren
(Some of the earlier letters I had written home from Bombay had found their way to a local school. The teacher asked if I could write about a typical day in our life in Bombay. Here is the result.) April … Continue reading
Bombay Letters – A Mall, Gandhi’s House, First Wedding
June 1998 Hello from Bombay, Here’s your man on the scene with a few more snapshots of life here in India. On Saturday, the kids wanted to go to the local “mall.” It is very upscale and classy, at least … Continue reading
Bombay Letters: Horse Races, Sailing, and a Reception
Tuesday May 5, 1998 Dear Family, I hope you don’t mind reading my and/or my family’s future memoirs in installments. Do you think they’ll ever amount to much? Maybe my wife and I will jointly write our memoirs and call … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombay, horses, jockeys, Mumbai, races, receptions, sailing
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Bombay Letters: Servant Talk
May, 1998 Hello from Bombay, We employ two servants, but it is hard to communicate what all that means if you don’t live with them and interact with them on a day-to-day basis. I will share a few examples. This … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombay, domestics, India, living with servants, Mumbai
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Bombay Letters: Arms Race and A Date at the Market
May 28, 1998 Hi From Bombay, Today Pakistan tested three nuclear bombs. How incredible this whole mess! The arms race between the USSR and the U.S. in the 70s and 80s was bad, but at least the two countries were … Continue reading
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Tagged arms race, Bombay, Crawford Market, India, Mumbai, pakistan
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Bombay Reductions
April 29 1998 I want to share a few Bombay reductions with you. A reduction is a shrinking of something, lessening it from what you’d normally expect. Sometimes, a reduction takes a thing to its essence like boiling fruit to get jelly … Continue reading
Bombay Letter 10
April 16, 1998 Bombay Update Dear Mom and Dad, Our new servant is working out very well. Her name is Patsy and she is only a few inches taller than Katie. We have employed her for three weeks now and … Continue reading
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Bombay Letter 8
April, 1998 Hi everyone, We finally got on the Web at home, so hopefully we will be able to send more e-mail. Today at lunch we learned the meaning of the term comfort food. Our servant cooks for Saturday and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombay, Chor Bazaar, comfort food, Hindi movies, Mumbai, overseas living
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Bombay Letter 6 – addendum
(Written in early April, 1998. I added this paragraph to the longer letter Anita wrote.) Gary here. Here’s a cute story. One of our wedding gifts in July of 1981 was a subscription to National Geographic. We have been receiving … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombay, expatriate, familiar, home, Mumbai, National Geographic
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