{"id":369,"date":"2008-02-15T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/?p=369"},"modified":"2008-02-21T07:33:07","modified_gmt":"2008-02-21T12:33:07","slug":"dispatch-13-%e2%80%93-greetings-from-pune-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"Dispatch #13 \u2013 Greetings from Pune, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/departure_4.jpg\" title=\"departure_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/departure_4.jpg\" alt=\"departure_4.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sadly two bystanders were killed in the riot and there has been a mass exodus of over 10,000 North Indian migrant workers attempting to avoid the violence.\u00a0It\u2019s all political muckary and foolishiness. Westerners might be confounded by how Indians accept these types of events as being typical of the political environment and if possible won\u2019t let it disrupt their daily routine. It\u2019s all about timing and being well informed.<\/p>\n<p>I weighed all the risks, checked in with my colleagues and friends, monitored the news reports and finally made the decision to trek to Pune. The flight to Bombay and Jet Airways coach ride to Pune was pleasantly uneventful.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m glad I made the decision to travel here because it provided another opportunity to confront my notions of safety and security and to see more of the landscape. It\u2019s nice to return to Pune a laid back mid-size city.<\/p>\n<p>The sunny weather of Bombay combined with a comfortable coach ride that included a feature length movie and snacks lulled me into a deep slumber. I almost missed getting off the coach because there weren\u2019t any announcements and the coach attendants seemed reluctant to disturb me.<\/p>\n<p>Jet Airways provided the coach service because the Pune airport is closed for revamping. Passengers were dropped off at various points in the city. I awoke one stop before the last one. And, without missing a beat I got off the coach and boarded an autorickshaw with luggage in tow to my hotel. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/skyegallery\/India\/Pune\/index.html\">Voila!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/rupee_pune.jpg\" title=\"rupee_pune.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"50%\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/rupee_pune.jpg\" alt=\"rupee_pune.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fifty rupees is equivalent to $1.26 USD. Fifty rupees will purchase a 1-2 mile taxi ride. You KNOW the dollar is weak when the Indian rupee starts gaining on it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly two bystanders were killed in the riot and there has been a mass exodus of over 10,000 North Indian migrant workers attempting to avoid the violence.\u00a0It\u2019s all political muckary and foolishiness. Westerners might be confounded by how Indians accept these types of events as being typical of the political environment and if possible won\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dispatches"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1c8Xx-5X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}