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Tele Add " Grand " Phone No. 270. Grand Hotel. Ahmedabad Jan. [1q?] 1929 Dearest Mother, Well here we are off the beaten track again in a native villiage - more native than india it seems to me, although from across the river, many smokestacks are to be seen. We came here just to see Mr. Gaudi, a political leader of the day and one of the outstanding indians. We went to see his school today and also had a visit with him. This is all part of Van's program but tonight we move on to Bombay. You really don't know how glad we shall be when we finally leave India. This country is especially hard to travel in. We have to travel with a servant who is our valet, servant, shoe-shiner, flunky or whatever you care to call him. Furthermore we have to take our bedding through India, because this is not provided for upon trains. of course all this adds to the expense and the inconvenience of travel, and besides every place you go a lot of hangerson line up for tips. These local parasites are an abomination and spoil all the fun if there would ever be any. They don't do a thing for you, but they expect a lot for nothing, - a little coin isn't acceptable, so these moochers get mad and throw it back in your face. They are unpleasant lot. A lot had happened since I last wrote you from Calcutta and Esther from Agra or Benares, Of course Agra was the high light of India - with its famous Taj Mahal, the most beautiful building in the world. It is a mausoleum built by the Emperor Shaw Jehav for his favorite queen about three hundred years ago. It is built on gigantic proportions of solid marble - a noble edifice which moves one to the depths of the soul. Its really exquisitely beautiful.
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Tele Add " Grand " Phone No. 270. Grand Hotel. Ahmedabad Jan. [1q?] 1929 Dearest Mother, Well here we are off the beaten track again in a native villiage - more native than india it seems to me, although from across the river, many smokestacks are to be seen. We came here just to see Mr. Gaudi, a political leader of the day and one of the outstanding indians. We went to see his school today and also had a visit with him. This is all part of Van's program but tonight we move on to Bombay. You really don't know how glad we shall be when we finally leave India. This country is especially hard to travel in. We have to travel with a servant who is our valet, servant, shoe-shiner, flunky or whatever you care to call him. Furthermore we have to take our bedding through India, because this is not provided for upon trains. of course all this adds to the expense and the inconvenience of travel, and besides every place you go a lot of hangerson line up for tips. These local parasites are an abomination and spoil all the fun if there would ever be any. They don't do a thing for you, but they expect a lot for nothing, - a little coin isn't acceptable, so these moochers get mad and throw it back in your face. They are unpleasant lot. A lot had happened since I last wrote you from Calcutta and Esther from Agra or Benares, Of course Agra was the high light of India - with its famous Taj Mahal, the most beautiful building in the world. It is a mausoleum built by the Emperor Shaw Jehav for his favorite queen about three hundred years ago. It is built on gigantic proportions of solid marble - a noble edifice which moves one to the depths of the soul. Its really exquisitely beautiful.
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