tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post8142638711019668676..comments2024-03-28T14:16:51.745+05:30Comments on Known Turf: The man from Melbourne.Annie Zaidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-72225202591789623722007-05-25T18:32:00.000+05:302007-05-25T18:32:00.000+05:30Wonderfully narrated story!!!Everyday i'll leave ...Wonderfully narrated story!!!Everyday i'll leave my office after 11.30pm,on the way to my home there is no street lights.. But you can find lot of street dogs with glittering eyes..Everyday at least 2-3 people ask me for lift,I'd some bitter experience with people who i given lift(probably most of them are drunken)..Its very adventures 6km travel everyday for me...<BR/><A HREF="http://Sakthihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16643922084498470147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-86439273109750965942007-05-13T21:12:00.000+05:302007-05-13T21:12:00.000+05:30Delhi can be scary! I know my wife enjoys the rel...Delhi can be scary! I know my wife enjoys the relative safety of Pune since we moved here a few years back.Shantanuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10775725512802702601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-53092977548207513762007-05-07T04:47:00.000+05:302007-05-07T04:47:00.000+05:30It was not me. I lived in Delhi for four years and...It was not me. I lived in Delhi for four years and now live in Melbourne. I visited Delhi a couple of years ago and the only one I met after midnight was a male journalist near a tea shop in Katwaria Sarai not too far from Lajpat Nagar, I think. If I visit Delhi again, it would be nice to meet you. If you come to Melbourne, pl. let me know.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-28600124972355519722007-05-02T14:35:00.000+05:302007-05-02T14:35:00.000+05:30john: this wasn't an auto episode really. this was...john: this wasn't an auto episode really. this was a lack-of-auto episode.<BR/>nabila: in lonely places, no punching. only running. <BR/>firefly: some of the men here are polite too. but their persistence is so annoying, and even scary, that politeness is of little consequence.<BR/>jai: i think it would make a difference.<BR/>mutant: i practice that restraint. it doesn't come easy.<BR/><BR/>Annie Zaidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08687223598027157611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-35740630692945157452007-05-02T12:07:00.000+05:302007-05-02T12:07:00.000+05:30You write well.You write well.saraldutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686148558669058155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-7869609573746876152007-04-30T10:09:00.000+05:302007-04-30T10:09:00.000+05:30Indian roads are so unsafe, or make you feel so - ...Indian roads are so unsafe, or make you feel so - not without reason. And like in your instance, traffic has nothing to do with it.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04279878087585603554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-87715991292307512282007-04-29T04:56:00.000+05:302007-04-29T04:56:00.000+05:30I wonder if having some proper places for singles ...I wonder if having some proper places for singles to meet (and a host culture that is okay with singles, especially single girls meeting guys) would help reduce this kind of stuff.<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/>JaiJai_Choorakkothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11795629014937167288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-88219146490437088822007-04-28T21:39:00.000+05:302007-04-28T21:39:00.000+05:30Under the circumstances, you showed amazing restra...Under the circumstances, you showed amazing restraint.Mutanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12948508196910496298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-26962310868815126722007-04-28T09:00:00.000+05:302007-04-28T09:00:00.000+05:30Until I read this comment I never realised why I k...Until I read this comment I never realised why I kept getting approached by South Asian men in Sydney. I always assumed it was a desperate need for contact brought on by the isolation that migrating produces. I never considered that maybe it was a carry-over of the "eve teasing" that goes on within South Asia...<BR/>At least the South Asian men in Australia seem to be polite, if annoyingly Fire Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097750417997954480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-37370665128043038612007-04-28T05:26:00.000+05:302007-04-28T05:26:00.000+05:30lovely narrative.lovely narrative.BLogographoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746133674846808883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-30945126073101040102007-04-28T03:34:00.000+05:302007-04-28T03:34:00.000+05:30wonderful post...loved reading it....Sigh...that i...wonderful post...loved reading it....<BR/><BR/>Sigh...that is all I can say for a situation like this...it just happens so often all the time... and yes you just want to scream yell and probably push them hard enough to throw them in a big ditch...huh...Nabila Zehra Zaidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07014497736072192418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9939966.post-62082380349632910092007-04-27T16:49:00.000+05:302007-04-27T16:49:00.000+05:30Hi Annie,Another one of your auto episodes. Having...Hi Annie,<BR/><BR/>Another one of your auto episodes. Having walked in Delhi after dark I know how scary it can get. <BR/><BR/>Bombay seems much safer, at least there are people around till midnight.<BR/><BR/>Keep writing!<BR/><BR/>JAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12219760381898565039noreply@blogger.com