by Debra Nicholson | Aug 26, 2016 | Jaipur Literature Festival, Publications, Writing
I’ve been invited to blog for the Jaipur Literature Festival @ Boulder. You can find my blog posts about LGBT protections, “The Rainbow Parade,” and Her Majesty the Royal Queen Mother of Bhutan at https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/boulder/blog/...
by Debra Nicholson | Aug 19, 2016 | Travel
At first it was a curiosity: The sightseeing entry in the Lonely Planet guidebook, “Nicholson Cemetery,” in Delhi. All through my five-and-a-half months in India, I kept this in the back of my mind as a place I wanted to visit before returning home. My...
by Debra Nicholson | Aug 1, 2016 | Travel
August 1, 2016 OMG: Squat toilets? A man urinating in public outside and just to the right of that enclosed toilet building. A women’s bathroom where every single one of the eight or so Western toilet seats were smeared with piles of feces. Descending from the cloudy...
by Debra Nicholson | Jul 7, 2016 | Travel
July 7, 2016 Trashed! It’s time to talk trash. That is to say, India’s so-called “trash problem.” After I returned from my first trip to India in late 2014, a friend asked me what I would change about India if I could change one thing. I thought about it a bit, and...
by Debra Nicholson | Jun 27, 2016 | Adventure, Travel
June 27, 2016 Don’t Worry, Be Happy A vendor walked with me through the lane of bazaar stalls as I left Ajanta Caves near Aurangabad, India, in May, one of my last sightseeing trips before returning to the U.S. Several men had surrounded me as I entered the market,...
A trip to India in November-December 2014 so completely stunned Debra Nicholson that she vowed to return as soon as possible. Following her nearly six months’ second trip to India, from December 2015-May 2016, which included a camel safari in the Thar Desert, volunteering at the Jaipur Literature Festival, a two-month train tour around the perimeter of the country, and Bollywood dance and Hindi classes in Delhi, she continues to post on her blog, The Laughing Camel, about her adventures.