Social Science » Travel http://www.i3pep.org/archives India Point Web Network Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:19:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Mayapur ISKCON http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2007/04/15/mayapur-iskcon/ http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2007/04/15/mayapur-iskcon/#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:04:38 +0000 Anup Mukherjee http://i3pep.org/alpha/?p=258

The March month is not really a nice month to travel – the beginning of summer heat starts getting you. However given our schedule, we squeezed out two days, where we could go out on excursion. Our choice was ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) temple at Mayapur.

Mayapur is situated in Nawadwip. Nawadwip is around . . . → Read More: Mayapur ISKCON]]> http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2007/04/15/mayapur-iskcon/feed/ 0 Teacher Watching http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2006/02/04/teacher-watching/ http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2006/02/04/teacher-watching/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:37:38 +0000 Anup Mukherjee http://i3pep.org/alpha/?p=240

For Peter Drucker, teacher watching was a favourite hobby. Peter Drucker, as we know was himself a great Management Guru, and originator of the Concept of Corporation. However, I was recently faced with a situation of perforce teacher watching, and in a different situation.

Yesterday, when I was going to Kolkata – at Durgapur a middle . . . → Read More: Teacher Watching]]> http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2006/02/04/teacher-watching/feed/ 0 Puja Shopping http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2005/09/25/puja-shopping/ http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2005/09/25/puja-shopping/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:34:15 +0000 Anup Mukherjee http://i3pep.org/alpha/?p=212

This is the festival season in India, and in Bengal it is the season for Puja shopping. We also joined the bandwagon for the shopping and the gourmet spree that often characterises the life prior to festival season. Currently there are various kinds of mela (fairs) that are put up at Asansol that are selling clothes . . . → Read More: Puja Shopping]]> http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2005/09/25/puja-shopping/feed/ 0 Christmas Day at Bishnupur http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2004/12/26/christmas-day-at-bishnupur/ http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2004/12/26/christmas-day-at-bishnupur/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:35:09 +0000 Anup Mukherjee http://i3pep.org/alpha/?p=169

This Holiday season, we had various options. In first instance we wanted to go to Shantiniketan, but decided on Bishnupur. This is around 2 hours journey from Asansol by the Asansol-Haldia Express. This is a fully unresearved train and doesn’t require prior reservation. We boarded it at the Burnpur Station at 5.50 AM. The train has . . . → Read More: Christmas Day at Bishnupur]]> http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2004/12/26/christmas-day-at-bishnupur/feed/ 0