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Comment on I was here by Ishmart Alec

Ishmart Alec — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:53:32 +0000

yaar kabhi toh treat us with pics

Comment on The evil travel writer by neha

neha — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:57:05 +0000

yea, i did get all activist about it. But it’s all true!

Comment on The evil travel writer by neha

neha — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:56:39 +0000

hmph. of which part? I stand by the ‘baby!’
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Comment on The evil travel writer by Sakshi

Sakshi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:54:59 +0000

Where’s the tissue box? * sniff sniff *

On a serious note I couldn’t agree more - It is our own, and we take care of our own - well ideally we should.

Comment on The evil travel writer by Kaushik

Kaushik — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:21:18 +0000

“The world is flat, baby.”

Eeeks!! I demand an official retraction.

Comment on A bit of untruth by Sonali

Sonali — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:08:54 +0000

I would say that it is the travel writer’s job to give a true account of the place…make it entertaining read minus the little fiction and untruths

Comment on The tourist. The ogre? by Koothrappali

Koothrappali — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:44:23 +0000

Every time I talk about some incredible place I have been to before I become aware of the fact that I am technically inviting others to go there. Sometimes I feel it is better to not reveal how to get there but in the age of Google earth the art of discovery is being lost. There will eventually be very few places where no wo(man) has been before. Only commercial tourist destinations *dread.

Comment on The tourist. The ogre? by arun k bery

arun k bery — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:25:15 +0000

I agree we make a hill station well known and it develops helping economy boom. But the development is at cost of the community and soon it becomess commercial and looses it simplicity and charm.
The solution lies in planned development by local community which balances the needs and desires of local population and the greed which kills the community and beuty whioch attracted torists in the first place

Comment on The tourist. The ogre? by Dilip

Dilip — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:39:30 +0000

I echoed similar sentiments as yours on re visiting Ganpatipule after a gap of over 25 yrs! Will probably never go back again! You put the solution to your dilemma in the last sentence, “Responsible Travellers”! I would also put some responsibility on the locals (people & administration). So shall we say “Responsible Citizens”. Sounds a bit Utopian in “Mera Bharat Mahan”? No doubt “Tourist” spots are created and religion is one handy tool for that. Welcome to democracy! More practically since the the hordes don’t seem to be in a mood to change their ways, it makes sense to stay away from them and look for other untouched places and there will always be some left! One just has to keep looking.

Try reading Manohar Malgaonkar for description of places around Murdeshwar over 50 yrs back. Enchanting reading!

Comment on The tourist. The ogre? by General Disarray

General Disarray — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:32:38 +0000

I think you should travel equally for the journey and the destination. You’re talking about places in your blog; in how many of them have you mentioned the time you spent going there and coming back? Sure, it might be hard to make readable material out of a two-hour domestic flight, but how about throwing a little bit about the travelling as well into your travel blog?
Sorry, got a little off track. The point is that you wouldn’t mind going to a nothing place if the point was to TRAVEL to a place, and not to travel to a PLACE. There’s always something new to be found in any place if you’re willing to make the effort to find it.

Here’s another rhetorical question for you: are you contributing to the decadence of such places by writing about them, and thus sending more tourists there?

Morality is best left to other people.