TheSpinstress
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The Uncharming Truth About Dancing Snakes
(Content note - animal cruelty) I ought to be ashamed to admit (but am not really, because who doesn't find a stupid idea in their own head occasionally?) that I have a very Bollywood-influenced idea of snake charming, or had until very recently.
By TheSpinstress 11 months ago in Wander
The Ridiculously Cute Squirrels of the Taj Mahal. Top Story - February 2025.
There are a lot of rules about what you can and can't do and bring in to the Taj Mahal, but nature won't be governed. While there, I saw a cat (a surprisingly rare sight in Agra, compared to Mumbai - but maybe I just wasn't there long enough), a dog, several pink-bummed monkeys and hundreds of these tiny, pretty squirrels.
By TheSpinstress 11 months ago in Wander
In Praise of the Grand Cheese
Vegetarians outside India, I can't tell you how deprived you are. I didn't know how much I was missing out on until my very brief post-security stint at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on my way out of India on Monday morning.
By TheSpinstress 11 months ago in Feast
