The Rape of India
I have been thinking about the gang rape — and death — of an Indian woman on a local bus last month. The incident made international headlines. Tweets and Facebook posts abounded. An old...
Category: India
Winners, Palolem
I have just finished reading Winners: A Retrospective of the Washington Prize, published by The Word Works. I read it with a bit of need, as I am on The Word Works Board of...
Free speech should not be taken lightly
Should it? I know I take it for granted as an American. We say “free speech” jokingly all the time to friends and family when they don’t something we might have said. But I...
My only friend, the end
Perhaps it is fitting I have this Doors song in my head. Today just might be the last day of Monsoon here. For the first time in three weeks the clouds have broken to...
Monsoon Withdrawal
Well, I thought the monsoon would spur on a poem, and I was right. When I was up in Mussoorie for the writers festival, I ascended the hill in a dense early morning fog...
Time to drive…or not
I think I may be ready to get behind the wheel of a car in India, based on a few things. I pretty much go to the left side of the car, not the...
Not Your Everyday Things
The other day I saw five things in India that one doesn’t see everyday and thought I’d share them with you. A motorcyclist wearing a helmet. A quiet and almost silent Delhi. A big...
Letter to the Airlines
Dear Indian Airline Industry Head Honcho Dude, I recently took a round-trip domestic flight; I believe it’s the second one I have taken this year as well as the second one I have taken...
A Country Divided
I woke up this morning cold. This is the second time this has happened. Yesterday, once my day got going, I warmed up; today however, my bones are still cold. It is early September...
Gaurs are cool
I have decided Gaurs are also harmless. This is my official position. Gaurs are the Indian bison that visit us almost daily. It has seemed odd to me — and a bit Indian if...