Netherlands   (map, info)


Morning scene

Morning over Keizersgracht across where yours truly lived

Smoking something?

What buildings perhaps seem like from the second-hand smoke in them cafes

Keizersgracht

Shunya lived in the visible block for a year

Begijnhof, Amsterdam

Former convent in central Amsterdam

Amstel at night, Amsterdam    

Bridge on the river Amstel

Queen's B'day festivities

Partying on the canals on April 30th

Leidesegracht

Taken from the bridge parallel to Keizersgracht, Amsterdam

Canal view

Cruising the canals

Reflecting in Amsterdam

View from a bridge

Keizersgracht

Keizersgracht, near Leidseplein, Amsterdam

The Centraal Station

Central train station in Amsterdam

Flower power (Keukenhof)

Silsila was shot here

Enkhuizen

IJsselmeer town, important during Dutch golden age

Medembleik-Hoorn  express

Only steam engine train in Holland

Scheveningen

Home to the US army base, it also has popular summer beaches - near the Hague

Hoorn main square

Haughty burgher

Hoorn harbor

IJsselmeer town, gave Cape Horn its name

Bikes

Bikes are everywhere in Holland 

Windmill

Invaluable in Dutch history

Hyacinth in April

Near the Keukenhof


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Selections from Shunya's Notesimages/new.gif (111 bytes)

On Being Spiritual

Nalanda University

Rereading Naipaul

An MSc and a Ph.D

On Shooting People

Respecting Religion

The Dilwara Temples

Land of the Asiatic Lion

Ghost Town in the Levant

Respecting the Holocaust

Which Thousand Words?

Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka

Al-Farabi, Islamic Philosopher

Gandhi's 'Inconsistent Pacifism'

Second Date

Size Matters!

The Carvakas

On Patriotism

Potala-in-Exile

The Namesake

The Idea of India

James Nachtwey
Anandpur Sahib

Al-Beruni's India

Jerry Falwell, BIH

Land of Two Rivers

Wise Man Socrates

Our Moral Compass

A Day Trip to My Alma Mater

A Mousetrap for Metaphysics

America and the Cold War

On History and Historians

Respecting the Holocaust

Omar Khayyam of Persia

A Hammam in Damascus

Democracy in Athens

A Qawwali Concert

Putty in Her Hands
The Rann of Kutch

Asian Art Museum
Nagarjunakonda

On Diversity

Reporting from Home

Truth, Lies, and Photos

Global Democracy Index

The Bold and the Beautiful

Le Corbusier's Chandigarh

Peter Brook's Mahabharata

Amartya Sen on Globalization

The True Cost of Our Gadgets

The Burning Ghats of Varanasi

Who's That Pretty Pachyderm?

The Giant Tortoises of Galapagos

Melting Girls and Serpent Women

Servitors of Divine Consciousness

On Dignity, Rights, Responsibility