Archive for August, 2007

I just wanted to make a quick post to mention something I hope you’ll be interested in. As most of you probably know, I just graduated from college and am, in fact, here in India on a grant provided by donors to the Indiana University School of Journalism. My friend Tim is here with me, [...]

Of course sandals are still the footwear of choice. It may be advanced science and pioneering research in its field, but it’s still India."Change your footwear please," says Hema, a sweet 20-something woman in a sari who presides over the research lab while she finishes up her Ph.D. I look down at the shoe rack [...]

The following are descriptions of three different places. They are all places I was able to visit where people who have had leprosy are living. I believe that you will find, as I have, that there are some startling differences … despite what most would see as their all-important similarity. . . . They don’t [...]

Water rises slowly in the Sarnath market, trickling in branched rivulets to slowly fill slices of track cut by thin rickshaw wheels. Shortly after it has begun, the rain is folded haphazardly into the dirt and manure left by slowly trudging bulls as they pull their heavy loads behind them. The mixture creates a deeply [...]

There is a place in the heart of Delhi where the sun sets early, casting its orange glow across walls of crumbling brick and mortar. Tim and I sat on a ledge near the steps that led up to our rooftop dwelling, a tiny, stifling room with a stiff bed and plastic bags taping up [...]