Tag Archives: Mumbai

Hello from Bombay – A Letter I Wrote to American Schoolchildren

Posted on November 29, 2011 by literarylee

(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 →

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Bombay Letters: Horse Races, Sailing, and a Reception

Posted on August 28, 2011 by literarylee

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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Bombay Letters: Servant Talk

Posted on August 8, 2011 by literarylee

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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Bombay Letters: Arms Race and A Date at the Market

Posted on July 20, 2011 by literarylee

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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Bombay Reductions

Posted on June 30, 2011 by literarylee

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 →

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Bombay Letter 8

Posted on May 18, 2011 by literarylee

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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Bombay Letter 6 – addendum

Posted on April 22, 2011 by literarylee

(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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Bombay Letter 6

Posted on April 20, 2011 by literarylee

(Another early Bombay letter by my wife.) April 5, 1998 Dear Family and Friends, We’re in our new apartment now, fairly settled.  Our two household shipments plus our consumable shipment arrived the day we moved in, so we had LOTS … Continue reading →

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About Our Servant’s Death

Posted on March 29, 2011 by literarylee

(In a recent post, I described the aftermath of the death of our first servant in Bombay.  I mentioned a letter my wife sent to family with more details about what happened the actual day we discovered the body.  Here is … Continue reading →

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Bombay Letters 4 – April, 1998

Posted on March 19, 2011 by literarylee

Date: April 1, 1998 Subject: Servant News and New Apartment Dear Family and friends, Let me try to bring everyone up to date.  I am writing this on April Fools Day (really!) and have a little extra time at the … Continue reading →

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