the blowhole at kiama the blustery conditions ensured that there would be plenty of action this is the inlet to the blowhole- the ocean was much rougher than it appears on these photos
the nsw south coast is quite beautiful- well worth a slow drive down the princes highway with plenty of stops. the blowhole is really cool, but u have to be there at high tide on a windy day.....
coffs was real hard work- things r so much easier in sydney...ppl give u more crap but there's less work
hmmm i've read essays, newspaper articles etc by dalrymple but none of his books.....i think i read a review that said things along the same line...the bottom line is, not much is known about the last mughal (does anyone even know his name...i dont) as he lived his life in obscurity
what makes u think i got a break?? i do have 4 weeks annual leave in september when i'm going to india, but apart from that its fulltime work
i don't know, i guess i thought there would be some time (at least two weeks! between jobs but i guess you weren't that lucky?!
what do you think of dalrymple?
well, this book draws heavily on a wealth of previously undiscovered resources, namely masses of documents in Urdu and English in the Indian National Archives which range from British records to actual petitions to the Emperor. It's well researched and it's astonishing that these resources exist, it was assumed they were all detryoed in the sack of Delhi by the Brits. I think the writing is not quite up to Dalrymple's usual standard but the information makes up for it. And to be honest I was never a big Mughal fan, but I am more interested in them now. I recall Amitav Gosh wrote about a royal family banished by the British to exile in Rangoon, I didn't realise it was Bahadur Shah.
Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar inherited the Mughal Empire long after its decay, and hence his "rule" stretched barely beyond Modern Delhi. For his part in supporting 1857, he was exiled to Rangoon where he later died.
this is the inlet to the blowhole- the ocean was much rougher than it appears on these photos
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some great photos there. wish i had explored the NSW coast more while I was two hours away from it!
how are you settling back in?
the nsw south coast is quite beautiful- well worth a slow drive down the princes highway with plenty of stops. the blowhole is really cool, but u have to be there at high tide on a windy day.....
coffs was real hard work- things r so much easier in sydney...ppl give u more crap but there's less work
so are you working full time or did you get a break in between?
btw, started reading Dalrymple's _The Last Mughal_. More about Dalrymple's love affair with Delhi than the Moghul himself.
hmmm i've read essays, newspaper articles etc by dalrymple but none of his books.....i think i read a review that said things along the same line...the bottom line is, not much is known about the last mughal (does anyone even know his name...i dont) as he lived his life in obscurity
what makes u think i got a break?? i do have 4 weeks annual leave in september when i'm going to india, but apart from that its fulltime work
i don't know, i guess i thought there would be some time (at least two weeks! between jobs but i guess you weren't that lucky?!
what do you think of dalrymple?
well, this book draws heavily on a wealth of previously undiscovered resources, namely masses of documents in Urdu and English in the Indian National Archives which range from British records to actual petitions to the Emperor. It's well researched and it's astonishing that these resources exist, it was assumed they were all detryoed in the sack of Delhi by the Brits. I think the writing is not quite up to Dalrymple's usual standard but the information makes up for it. And to be honest I was never a big Mughal fan, but I am more interested in them now. I recall Amitav Gosh wrote about a royal family banished by the British to exile in Rangoon, I didn't realise it was Bahadur Shah.
Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar inherited the Mughal Empire long after its decay, and hence his "rule" stretched barely beyond Modern Delhi. For his part in supporting 1857, he was exiled to Rangoon where he later died.
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