[ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] [ speaking punjabi ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la [ train whistle ] [ train whistle ] reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which used to be a part of british india. anthony: it was another time. one that few still remember. [ train whistle ] the india before partition. when these rooms, this house was part of the seat of power. reggie: i had the privilege of being born in this house, upstairs. anthony: this was the maharaja s bed. i m in his chambers at present. reggie: and it was the routine that we d all parade up into my grandfather s room to wish him g
[ speaking punjabi ] [ speaking punjabi ] [ horn ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la [ train whistle ] reggie: this house came to be built by dr. blick, who was in the east india company service. my grandfather came to be nominated to the body called the consulate state, which used to be a part of british india. anthony: it was another time. one that few still remember. [ train whistle ] the india before partition. when these rooms, this house, was part of the seat of power. reggie: i had the privilege of being born in this house, upstairs. anthony: this was the maharaja s bed. i m in his chambers at present. reggie: and it was the routine that we d all parade up into my grandfather s room to wish him good morning, and th
every couple of miles, it s like that was scary. overloaded buses, water trucks with worn break pads, aggressive truck drivers, can come wailing around the corner at any time, and they do. about every 2 minutes. squeeze your cheeks tight and close your eyes. oh the enchantment of india. the remote locations of these isolated mountain villages has kept old traditions alive. village fairs serve as an opportunity for families who live very far apart to get together, play games, eat, and partake in religious rites honoring local deities. quite a ride getting here. hashim: yeah.
how d you enjoy that road? anthony: uh white knuckles. meet hashim. he runs motorcycle tours through these parts. hashim: it s the holy grail of motorcycling. you re traveling almost a thousand, a thousand five hundred kilometers a trip. it s so unbelievably beautiful and diverse. anthony: so what we got here, vegetable curry? hashim: yogurt-based uh curry, quite typical in these parts. anthony: vegetables again? surprisingly, not a problem. it s good. this is one of the few places in the world that i could eat vegetarian every day and still be happy. most of these people in this community farmers? farming? agricultural? hashim: farming, yeah. anthony: what are they growing? hashim: uh, they re doing a lot of corn, potatoes, peas anthony: and weed. people growing marijuana here. hashim: yes. loads of anthony: as an export product or for personal use for uh hashim: oh everything. mix of everything. so you think you wanna go check out the fair a little bit
walk through town, see what s going on. hashim: predominantly located for all these mountain villagers to come together, and you know, socialize, because i mean people are busy in their farms, they re not gonna come and walk down and socialize with people. but this, you know because it s autumn, everyone s done with all the agriculture. now they re just bearing down for winter. there s a lot of romance in the air. anthony: i ve been to mumbai, kolkata, sundarbans, rajasthan, kerala. this is a part of india different than any other part. look, it s fascinating and beautiful. oh yeah. sweet!