Kashmir: a possible paradise – but still without freedom
Squeezed uncomfortably above the far north of India and with a number of unappealing neighbours, Kashmir has had a terrible last 30 years. Teja reports.
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Inconvenient in Oceania: an educated, female, travelling Muslim
As a low profile Muslim travelling in Oceania, Teja finds herself fighting a whole host of preconceptions spread by Australians - and others - with no experience of anyone quite like her.
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Low effort, high value: Black pearl farming in Polynesia
While globetrotting around the islands of the Pacific, Teja discovers the intricate art of pearl farming - and the jewellery grown in nature.
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Was I the first Malay on Easter Island?
When Teja travels to Easter Islands the locals do a double-take. Southeast Asian and a Muslim? Now that's something new.
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Easter Island: sculptures by the sea
Misled by maps, Teja assumes Easter Island will be small enough to walk around. It isn't. But with no money for a rental car she sets off on foot anyway.
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‘Catch 22’ means no local SIM card for you in provincial India
Everyone told Teja that English was widely spoken in India, and getting a SIM card would be easy. But when she flies into Varanasi she finds neither statement true.
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