When our week in Fort Kochi was up, Emily and I reluctantly took the ferry back across the waterway to the train station and bid our sweet community goodbye. We had begun to feel like regulars in town, with people recognizing us on the street after seeing us in a store. We had found the … Continue reading Pooram & Prayers
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Rishikesh – A Partial Report…
We have had an amazing voyage. We left Rishikesh last Wednesday with our minds full of new ideas, our bodies well exercised, our eyes imprinted with new visions, and our bags bursting with souvenirs - and dirty laundry. It's taken me a full week to get caught up enough in my daily life here to … Continue reading Rishikesh – A Partial Report…
Farewell Mumbai
One thing that makes Mumbai so challenging, I find, is the juxtaposition of order and chaos, glamour and poverty, development and rubble. It prevents you from making easy judgments or putting things in tidy boxes – or from averting your eyes. There is luxury and excess to be found here on par with any western … Continue reading Farewell Mumbai
A very full weekend
Turns out I know even more people in this enormous, anonymous city than I thought. Sunday afternoon I took a taxi from Daniel's apartment in to Mumbai proper, about a 45 minute drive south, to meet up with my friend Aditya's parents. As my 18 month old niece Koruna says, I felt like a Big … Continue reading A very full weekend
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