I spent several minutes yesterday in awe over our aya and what she was doing. I had planned to make a coconut curry (Thai style) but realized we didn’t have any more coconut milk....

Kodaikanal has a man-made lake right in the center of the town. Indeed, the town appears to be built around the lake. I can only assume this was the intention of the original designers...

Indian culture is so much more relaxed in so many ways. Bank tellers close their windows to have tea, and customers accept it as a way of life. Any irritation is put on merely...

We have monkeys here, and a few wild horses. We can hear birds with strange calls in the morning, including one that sounds like an alarm clock. At least to me. And of course,...

Sunday is vegetable market day. It is an all-day affair, and one can easily spent a lot of time– and money — on the excursion. But there are not just vegetables — there is...

The Southwest Monsoon has arrived. I can verify that with a conversation I had with my cook. She speaks little English and I speak no Tamil. But she verified it nonetheless. Yesterday it poured,...

The Southwest Monsoon has arrived. I can verify that with a conversation I had with my cook. She speaks little English and I speak no Tamil. But she verified it nonetheless. Yesterday it poured,...

Government Regulations — in the States we all know what this means, but in India it is as foreign as an extra-terrestrial. Okay, maybe not that bad. A few days ago we moved into...