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Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 36 There was no way I could refuse the offer of being guided around Kannauj, particularly after the warm hospitality I received from the Sarpanch and her family, but from the entire village. The village teacher was summoned with his Renault Kwid, and three of us made our way…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 35 Willie Nelson sang “Back on the road again”. And I want to sing “Back on the river again”. I am remembering Willie Nelson after taking a break from A Slow Boat Down the Ganges, after allowing the wrist to heal, and after attending the first Base Camp Festival…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 34 A SLOW BOAT DOWN THE GANGES is about raising awareness about pollution in the river. I have been trying to associate with an organisation that manufactures portable water testing equipment. In vain. I have had no success. Moreover, since I am no scientist, I was looking for an…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 33 There has been an unfortunate death for the Ganges. Not ON the Ganges, but FOR the Ganges. Activist GD Agarwal died Oct 11, 2018, after fasting for 111 days. He was protesting for a pollution free Ganges. Also known as Swami Gyanswaroop Sanand, he had been a professor…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 32 I am on the most ambitious expedition of my life. I have never ever attempted something as big as A SLOW BOAT DOWN THE GANGES. Moreover, I am no paddler, even though I have rafted for many years. When rafting, there is a guide who is doing most…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 31 Even though when I started to grab some shut eye last night, it was nearly morning, but when I opened my eyes it was just after five. I had barely got a hour’s sleep. But I was refreshed and did not seem to suffer from sleep deprivation at…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 30 With the road support team leaving in a few days, I needed to repack. And Garhmukteswar is just about a couple of hour’s drive from Delhi. I called home and requested for a few things to be sent to me, while I was looking at all the stuff…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 29 After a scrumptious breakfast, and a short tractor ride later, the canoe was on the water again. This time I was paddling solo. According to the locals of the village, my next destination, Garhmukteswar was less than twenty kilometres away. But according to my calculations it should be…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 28 Today was one long day. An almost nine hour day. And nearly fifty kilometres. We started from Bijnor, Sam and I, and promptly got stuck in a sand bar. If well begun is half done, what happens when right at the start one gets stuck? Does it portend…

Slow Boat Down the Ganges Update 27 Eighty kilometres done, aches and pains are starting to emerge from places I did not know existed in my body, and morning happened slightly late. The river is about ten clicks away from where we are parked in a Bijnor hotel and we require a taxi to transport…