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Hi, My name is Deirdre Shine. I'm in India doing a voluntary journalism placement in Bangalore for one month. Here is my blog of an Irish girl in India, sampling the spices, saris and samosas of the
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After flying from Dublin to London and then onto Delhi, I
arrive in Delhi at 11am where I am greeted with a grey mist which
envelopes the city. It is a muggy 31 degrees and the sombre sky casts a
heavy atmosphere. Guards make hacking sounds as they prepare to spit on
the streets. Women move gracefully in their stylish colourful saris - an
elegant combination which looks if dissected like pyjama bottoms
underneath a structured mid-length dress.
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