Holy Cow! An Indian Adventure

Author: Sarah Macdonald

After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day – and for love – she vowed never to return.But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC’s South Asia correspondent, is posted….Read More

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