Douwe Osinga's Blog: January 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

When I was growing up in the Netherlands, shops would close during weekdays as 6PM, with the sole exception of Thursday night, which was fit...

The first time I was in Goa is now more than 15 years ago. Back then the only Indians you'd see on the beach would be the skinny fisherm...

If cleanliness is next to godliness, then India firmly is on the side of godliness; there are temples, churches and mosques everywhere, but ...

India is a guy country. I don’t necessarily mean the fact that it is very much male oriented. It is, though then again in surprising ways it...

A couple of years ago, the European commission set out to solve the electricity problem in Europe. No, not the generation, transport or asso...

I went to Bangalore on Wednesday to check out the office there and to chat to a bunch of people. India has a thriving low cost airline indus...

Every time I arrive in a new city by plane , I wish one of those drivers holding up those signs would be waiting for me. Not that it really ...

My latest trip to India started out just like first trip to the sub-continent: by pulling an all-nighter cleaning the apartment. Back then I...

My posting frequency has recently almost flat lined; In 2003 I think I had a few weeks where I had a post everyday; Q4 of 2007 saw one post....