THE INDIA LETTERS
By Phyllis Stein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GETTING THERE
A. Getting Ready: Packing And Shopping
B. The First Leg
C. The Second Leg
D. Bahrain
E. Arrival in Bombay - Getting
Through Immigration
2. BOMBAY - THE FIRST DAY IN INDIA
A. Driving in India (Part 1)
B. Chrissie's Place
C. Visiting Andrew And Giselle
D. Adventures at Indian Airlines
E. Driving in India Part 2 -
the Nightmarish Trip to Borvili and Back
F. A School Fair
G. Back at Chrissie's
H. The Second Day in India
I. Indian Bathrooms
3. GOA - WHERE THE BEST BEACHES ARE
A. The Flight to Goa
B. Arrival in Goa and Driving
in India (Part 3)
C. Vally's Parent's Place
D. Indian Homes
E. Where We Stayed
F. Our Beach
G. Getting Back From Baga Beach
H. Tender Coconut
I. Riding the Bus
J. Anjuna Beach
K. A Family Outing for Dinner
L. Food in India
M. Vally's Friend Peter
N. An Evening Walk in Goa
O. Getting Enough Sleep
P. A Family Outing
4. A SIDE TRIP TO COCHIN
A. A Jewish Synagogue in India
B. Touring Jewtown
C. A "Good" Vegetarian Restaurant
in Cochin
D. The Rest of the Cochin Tour
E. Khatikali Dancers
5. BACK TO GOA
A. The Indian Press
B. Pollution
6. MANGALORE - VALLY'S BIRTH PLACE
A. The Trip to Pangla
B. The Bust
C. The House at Pangla
D. The Rest of The Residents
at Pangla
E. The Flower Business
F. Other Flora and Fauna
G. The Well
H. Laundry
I. The Town of Pangla
J. Touring Around Pangla and
Uncle Lawrence
K. Asthma And Mani
L. Some Local Characters and
Trivia
7. NAGPUR - WHERE VALLY LIVED FROM AGE
11 TO COLLEGE
A. Vally's Old Hangouts
B. A Doctor Who Hasn't Lost His
Soul
C. Kavita's Mother
D. New Year's Eve Dance
E. Midnight
F. Second Day in Nagpur
G. The Chai Shop and the Market
H. Valerie's House
I. Talking With Matthew
J. Leaving for Delhi
8. LUCKNOW AND BISHOP ALBERT
A. The Aravli Guest House
B. To Lucknow
C. Aunt Eugene
D. Arrival in Lucknow
E. The Bishop's House
F. Walking Around
G. Dinner
H. Uncle Albert
I. Attack by the Dacoit
J. The First Xmas Visit with
the Bishop
K. Details
L. The Family and the Church
M. A Very Full Day in Lucknow
N. The Bara Imambara
O. The Small Imambara
P. The Aminabad Bazaar
Q. Lunch at the Bishop's House
R. Xmas Visits with the Bishop
S. The Mother Theresa Leper Colony
T. Conversations with the Bishop
9. DELHI
A. Eugene's School
B. The Convent in Delhi
10. A SIDE TRIP TO AGRA AND THE TAJ MAHAL
A. Dinner in Agra
B. The Agra Train Station
C. The Shatabdi Express
11. BACK TO DELHI
A. Zippers
B. Last Morning in Delhi
C. The Bahai Temple
D. Lunch in Delhi
12. BACK TO BOMBAY
A. Beggars
B. At Chrissie's
C. Dinner at Andrew's
D. The Last Morning in Bombay
E. The Train in Bombay
F. Xavier's College
G. Back at Chrissie's
13. SOME OBSERVATIONS ABOUT INDIAN LIFE
A. Marriage in India
B. A Piece I Read in "India
Today"
C. Vally's Grandparents' Marriages
D. In Modern Times
E. Other Family Marriages
F. Tim and Zena
G. Consanguinity
H. Indian Child-rearing or How
to Lose Your Individuality
I. Indian Schools
14. GETTING BACK
A. Taking an International Flight
out of Bombay
B. The Flight to Abu Dhabi
C. Abu Dhabi to Geneva