Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:30PM:
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The wide open skies turned into the Wild West on an Air India flight when the pilots and crew started fist-fighting. The plane was heading to New Delhi from Sharjah, UAE when the altercation that had started before the plane took off heated up.
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Pilots and crew brawl at 30,000 feet because of a flight attendant
Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:30PM:
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The wide open skies turned into the Wild West on an Air India flight when the pilots and crew started fist-fighting. The plane was heading to New Delhi from Sharjah, UAE when the altercation that had started before the plane took off heated up.
...Julia Roberts angers villagers in India during a Hindu holiday
Sep 29th, 2009 at 10:30AM: When Julia Roberts and her film crew took over a temple in Pataudi, a small town south of New Delhi, India last week, the locals weren't too happy about it. Perhaps if the timing of the temple's film shoot for "Eat, Pray, Love" had been better planned there wouldn't have been an issue.
Instead, it seems that the folks who scouted out the temple as a location didn't do their homework about when ...Crane falls in India: A thought about geography lessons and missed opportunities
Jul 13th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Tucked into the news this morning, in the midst of seemingly endless Michael Jackson news and the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, was a quick story about cranes falling over in India. The cranes were being used to clean up the debris caused from a flyover that had collapsed.
It wasn't that a flyover had fallen, or that cranes had tipped over that had caught my attention as much ...Talking Travel with Pico Iyer and a book give-away
Mar 16th, 2009 at 11:00AM: When I first read Pico Iyer's book Video Night in Kathmandu, I was hooked. Reading Iyer's words is a trip down streets that you may have traveled before but have not found the words to describe. When you read his prose, the tendency is to say, "Yes, that's it." For places one hasn't been, he draws you into the scenes as if you are there looking at the world through his perceptive eyes.
Seven ...Expect to wait, but not in Japan or Korea
Jan 19th, 2009 at 3:00PM: The worst airport delays in the world, of course, are those that affect you. If I'm stranded at LaGuardia's Marine Air terminal for a short hop to Boston, I really don't care what's going on over at JFK, O'Hare or anywhere else. However, some airports are more likely to inspire your anger than others, so it's a pretty good idea to know which are the worst. If you are headed to India or Europe, it ...Mayhem in Mumbai and why not living in India seems safer
Nov 27th, 2008 at 4:30PM: This time six years ago, I was pregnant and living in New Delhi, India. On one of my journeys to a sonogram appointment, the taxi passed by one of the Indian government buildings where terrorists had attempted an attack that day. The camera crews and reporters were just leaving.
Later at the doctor's office, as I saw a clear image of my son thanks to 3-D technology, the curve of his nose and the ...Amazing Race 13, episode 6: Delhi, India is hard work
Nov 3rd, 2008 at 4:30PM: After a few lovely shots of Bayon Temple the teams were off in The Amazing Race 13, episode 6 to Delhi, India--my old stomping ground.
Although all teams scored the same flight from Siem Reap, Cambodia, the setting of episode 5, once they hit the airport in Delhi, the order in which each team left the temple was irrelevant. Ah, yes, as they dashed through the airport, there were the familar rows ...U.S. State Department travel warnings. Useful or useless?
Oct 10th, 2008 at 9:30AM: How useful are those U.S. State Department travel warnings? If you read too many, you might become scared off of travel all together.
As Carol Pucci points out in a recent Seattle Times article, politics and economics might play into U.S. State Department travel warnings and recommendations. This doesn't mean that, if there is a travel warning for a particular country, you should poo poo it as ...A Circle of Peace: A 9/11 story the year after
Sep 11th, 2008 at 10:40PM: There are moments in life that ververberate like the sound after a Tibetan singing bowl is struck with a mallet. The sound moves outward and outward and outward--hopefully evoking good and centering force in the universe.
Sometimes in travel, there are those experiences where you notice how diverse the crowd is and how well folks are getting along. This is where Louis Amstrong's song "It's a ...Olympics inspired gift idea. Children's art is a big hit
Aug 21st, 2008 at 9:30AM: When Meredith Vieria from the Today Show was given a tour of the Olympic Village, specifically the housing of the Americans, trap shooter bronze medalist Corey Cogdell showed Vieria a painting in her room that was created by a child in China.
A framed picture of a child's artwork was given to each Olympic athlete as a room decoration. It's theirs to keep whether they medal or not.
Vieira was ...New Delhi runway turns into a zoo
Jun 17th, 2008 at 2:00PM: The mix of animals, traffic and people in New Delhi is fascinating any day of the week. When I lived there, pulling up alongside an elephant at a traffic light did happen. Avoiding hitting the cows that meandered at the sides of the roads was a daily venture.
Once, our car grazed a cow just as it twitched its hind end towards traffic. When the side-view mirror was snapped off, my husband ..."Bizarre Foods" on the Travel Channel: Season Finale-- Delhi
Apr 30th, 2008 at 3:00PM:
Location: Delhi, the city with a history that dates back to 1650 A.D. This is where the Mughal Empire once reigned supreme leaving stunning buildings in its wake, and the British tried to recreate into an organized place of roundabouts and more stunning buildings. Common to every part of the city is the sacred cow that wanders throughout. Food truths: milk crosses cultural boundaries, and ...From the bureau of alarmist propaganda: Hotel prices
Jan 23rd, 2008 at 9:00AM: Normally the New York Times isn't on the receiving end of my rants about shoddy "travel trend" pieces. But I came across one from this weekend's travel section that simply had to be cleared up. Their story argues that hotel room prices across the world are surging: From New York to Asia, and just about every desirable destination in between, the prices of rooms - especially at hotels and resorts ...Times of India and circle of peace: An expat story
Dec 31st, 2007 at 3:00PM: Even though this was Martha's week to cover The Amazing Race, I was once again drawn into the foray of the global dash. When the teams were told to pick up The Times of India when they got to Mumbai, I flashed on my own The Times of India connection. It links to the theme of Aaron's recent expat post and the question of expats and lifestyle.
The expat question is a complicated issue that I have ...Holiday Cheer from Columbus, Ohio: Flashing Santa
Dec 16th, 2007 at 4:30PM: Iva's post about her New York City subway experience with Mr. Upchuck reminded me of a few of my own New York City moments. One in particular was an avoided fist-fight while waiting in line to get on a Greyhound bus. I wasn't involved in the fight, but part of the group telling the folks getting riled to chill.
One never knows when an unexpected moment will occur. That's why they stand out so ...More toilets in India: the Museum of Toilets
Oct 22nd, 2007 at 8:30AM: Martha's post on the World Toilet Summit in New Delhi reminded me of the one museum I wanted to go to in New Delhi, but never took the time. The Museum of Toilets is wonderful, according to a good friend of mine. He went on and on about it. The museum is a lot more than one toilet after another. As you might imagine, there's a huge history about toilets that dates back to 2500 B.C. when the ...India's Hosting the World Toilet Summit
Oct 16th, 2007 at 9:50PM: This headline sounds like it's a joke, but it's actually quite serious -- The World Toilet Summit has plans to convene in New Delhi later this month to discuss the john, the throne, the bog, the loo -- whatever you call it, it's where most of us do our business. But it's the 'most of us' part that's troubling the WTS -- they'd like to make toilets accessible to everyone by 2025. A lofty goal? ...
