Dear Pallavi, sorry to be shamelessly exploiting this comment for an unrelated, yet critical matter for India's international tourism.
My wife and I beat you to India by a couple of days; we have proved that in India nothing is impossible, but don't press your luck. The Sunday edition of the TIMES has an article on us as the first tourists in Kumarakom. We detail how the current Covid-tracking system, now extended to international tourists, makes it impossible to enter the country. Just a taste: how is an international tourist who is abroad to provide an *Indian mobile number*?
Please, use your connections and skills and enlighten the centre. Failing international tourists a few hours before boarding the plane is the sure and true way to destroy one's reputation as an international destination. India deserves better than this - and you can prove your mettle as a mediator.
Interesting that in this piece you mention "agama" as religion and "adat" as tradition. However agama in Sanskrit is tradition and I believe the word came to Indonesia from Gindu / Buddhist cultures which pre-dated Islamic ones in Indonesia
This is extremely interesting but has anyone tried to examine it from a scientific perspective? It would be useful to know.
Dear Pallavi, sorry to be shamelessly exploiting this comment for an unrelated, yet critical matter for India's international tourism.
My wife and I beat you to India by a couple of days; we have proved that in India nothing is impossible, but don't press your luck. The Sunday edition of the TIMES has an article on us as the first tourists in Kumarakom. We detail how the current Covid-tracking system, now extended to international tourists, makes it impossible to enter the country. Just a taste: how is an international tourist who is abroad to provide an *Indian mobile number*?
Please, use your connections and skills and enlighten the centre. Failing international tourists a few hours before boarding the plane is the sure and true way to destroy one's reputation as an international destination. India deserves better than this - and you can prove your mettle as a mediator.
Interesting that in this piece you mention "agama" as religion and "adat" as tradition. However agama in Sanskrit is tradition and I believe the word came to Indonesia from Gindu / Buddhist cultures which pre-dated Islamic ones in Indonesia