What can you say in the face of such abrupt destruction and incomprehensible suffering? Everything feels trite and obvious, too repetitive. Perhaps, however, it is the repetition of our shocked sadness, our shared grief spoken aloud around the globe, that is important. If we don’t repeat it, if the size of the trauma seems too … Continue reading Japan
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Happy Pongal!
Last weekend was Pongal, the annual harvest festival. It is similar to our Thanksgiving - they give thanks for the harvest and for the generosity of the earth. It also marks the transition between early winter and late winter (they recognize six discrete seasons here). It is the only Hindu festival that is observed on … Continue reading Happy Pongal!
And Then There Were Five….
This trip came about because of Sanjay, a classmate of mine at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque and a truly remarkable man. He is an allopathic physician, an ophthalmologist, born and raised in India and currently living in Holland. He trained in India specializing in eye surgery, and decided to work in the foothills of … Continue reading And Then There Were Five….
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
Yep, there ARE cows in the road…
...even in bustling Mumbai! I arrived last night around midnight, after 26 hours and three flights (Albuquerque to Atlanta, then Amsterdam, and finally Mumbai). I was greeted outside the customs area by my brother's friend Daniel, who must be the most hospitable expat in the country. Turns out he left his own birthday party to … Continue reading Yep, there ARE cows in the road…
Ivy Ingram, MA, AP 