Monsoon Postcards
Monsoon Postcards
Indian Ocean Journeys
David H. Mould
Ohio University Press
Athens
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Cover photo: Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2017. Courtesy Daily Star (photographer Amran Hossain)
Unless otherwise noted, photographs are by the author.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Mould, David H., author.
Title: Monsoon postcards : Indian Ocean journeys / David H. Mould.
Description: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019012001| ISBN 9780821423714 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446775 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Mould, David H.--Travel--Indian Ocean Region. | Indian Ocean Region--Description and travel.
Classification: LCC DS337 .M68 2019 | DDC 910.9182/4--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019012001
Contents
FOUR: On and Off the Road in Madagascar
EIGHT: Joy Bangla (Victory to Bengal)
TEN: On the Road and on the Water
Illustrations
Figures
3.2 Cooking corn in cocottes on charcoal grills
3.3 On the market at Arivonimamo
3.4 Lala and Richard Samuel at family home
3.5 Richard Samuel and brother Lala at family tombs
3.6 Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo
3.7 His pride and joy, a Renault 4L taxi
6.1 The medieval fortress of Golconda
6.2 Hyderabad’s Old City
6.3 Mecca Masjid
6.4 Can you call Uber for a camel?
6.5 Two hours on the road and $10 in fares for a SIM card with no credit
6.6 The narrow alleys of NBT Nagar, Hyderabad
7.1 With few bridges over the Brahmaputra, most people travel by ferry
7.2 A river cargo boat moored at the ghat (terminal)
8.1 Vijai Kapil on a Royal Navy training course at Portsmouth (UK) in 1969
9.1 Rickshaws and vans push through the water in Chittagong
9.2 Three days of monsoon rains in July 2017
9.3 Roller-coaster railroad—the Dhaka-Dinajpur line at Kauguan in August 2017
9.4 Dhaka, the traffic jam that never ends
9.5 History under threat—the Water Palace in Old Dhaka
9.6 Selling garlic at Old Dhaka’s spice bazaar
9.7 The Buriganga River waterfront in Old Dhaka
9.8 Two porters in Old Dhaka
10.1 Getting his kicks on Route 6—Sujoy Vai
10.2 Traffic hazard—a slow-moving motorized van on the Dhaka–Sylhet highway
10.3 A nouka leaves the port at Barisal to carry passengers across the Kirtankhola River
10.4 The port and ferry terminal at Barisal in the delta region
11.1 On the tsunami tourism trail in Banda Aceh—Noah’s Ark
11.2 Old Amsterdam in the tropics
11.3 The Stadhuis (City Hall)
11.4 Pinisi at the port of Sunda Kelapa in Batavia
11.5 Sunset wedding on Jimbaran