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| Submitted by Bala Gopalan on Monday, 1 December 2003No Comment
inderSTADT site

inderSTADT

Why the name?
The name in.der.stadt comes from German and stands for in the city. Alternately, and in my infinite wisdom, I had envisioned it as indian in the (German) city, which however would have made it something like inder.in.der.(Deutsch).stadt. Now, that would be a really bad and complex name. So, I settled for just inderSTADT!

Why the German name?
Warum nicht (Why not)? Well, instead of choosing to answer it that way, let me just say that I did feel like the inder.in.der.(Deutsch).stadt, when I used to live in Germany, where I got seriously and irrevocably bit by the wander.lust in.der.stadt bug.

Who am I?
You now know that I am Indian, or at least that I say I am, that I have lived in Germany, if using a few Deutsche worten should be taken as any proof, and that I claim to have been bitten by some stadt bug. Well … well, what? This should be sufficient information about moi at this point. If you are just too creepy or genuinely curious, send me a note by using the contact link and I may even surprise myself by sending you a response ;=)

What can you expect to see here?
Presently, inderSTADT is intended as a 100% vanity site, primarily as a posting forum for pictures, personal and postcard-type, taken by me during my travels to various stadts and anti-stadts, if you will, worldwide .. well, at least, that’s the intent. Execution of this intent, like they say, remains to be seen. To quote a cliche grande, so little time, so little(r) money, and so much (more) to see ..

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