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The India Travel Blog mailing list was defunct for a few months due to some technical issues. New subscribers were unable to sign up, and mails could not be sent to existing subscribers. The problem is now fixed.

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India Travel Blog Newsletter is a sporadically dispatched email, informing the subscribers of the content updated on the blog for last one month. It is sent out once a month but can get less frequent at times. The latest newsletter was dispatched today. Here is a copy of the email.

Hello!

It has been a long time since there was a dispatch of India Travel Blog Newsletter. Some technical glitches in the mailing software had prevented sending emails or new sign ups to the newsletter. The problem is now fixed after many months, and it is now back to regular updates.

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Updates on Recent Content:

India Travel Blog was updated with travelogs on parts of Tamil Nadu – Kanyakuamri, and Padmanabhapuram. There are two new book reviews. Below is link to all of them.

1. Kanyakumari – I(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/kanyakumari-i.html)
2. Kanyakumari – II(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/kanyakumari-ii.html)
3. Padmanabhapuram Palace – Photo essay(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/photo-essay-padmanabhapuram-palace.html)
4. The pond at Padmanabhapuram(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/pond-at-padmanabhapuram-palace.html)
5. Book Review: Ancient Futures(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/book-review-ancient-futures.html)
6. Book Review: The Great Railway Bazaar(http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/book-review-great-railway-bazaar-by.html)

October 2008 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper:

This month’s desktop calendar wallpaper is a beautiful view of Tse Mo monastery in Leh town, with clear blue sky and the moon on the top. Visit http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2008/09/october-2008-desktop-calendar-wallpaper.html to get the wallpaper.

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With the winter getting closer, it is a good time to head to the colorful desert terrain of Rajasthan. India Travel Blog will soon be publishing stories on popular locations of Rajasthan.

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October 2008 Desktop Calendar Wallpaper

This month’s calendar is from Leh. View of Namgyal Tse Mo Gompa from Shanti Stupa in the evening hours.

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Book Review – The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

Author: Paul Theroux
Publishers: Penguin Books
Pages: 342

Theroux’s book on his epic train journey is now one of the most celebrated travel books. Theroux begins his journey from London, travelling on Orient Express to Iran and further to India, Srilanka, Myanmar, South-East Asia, Japan, Russia and back. The long journey took him three months, taking him through some prettiest regions to a few depressing ones too. And the landscapes changed considerably over time, from hot desert climes of middle-east to freezing temperatures in Siberia.

Theroux epitomizes the old saying in his book, all the time trying to tell his readers that the journey is more important than the destination. Indeed, the book is more about the journey, where he talks in detail about his fellow passengers and the changing window view from the train, while he talks very little about the destination where he spends his days between journeys.

Theroux’s book may not seem all that special in the days when every tom, dick and harry talks about Round The World travel and gap-year, but it stands unique in the fact that he made his journey by train, and the book is not much about the destinations. His writing style is very readable, keeping the reader travelling with him all the time. A worthy read, but one might also wonder if the book was worth all the fame it has acquired.