Month: December 2010

In Region 2, one dilemma often leads to the next. We expect dilemmas to involve how to accept other people’s cultural norms and values when

"Here – make Malayalam movies. Mango tree, rice, views. Mango tree. Many Malayalam movies. Tamil movies. Hindi movies-  yes. English movies – no." Anil, our

Some people have told us Kerala is "India Lite". So far, I'm inclined to agree. Facing out of our bungalow toward a scene that looks

I could hear Emily's (our) friend Jessica's voice saying, "Finally! Finally, a place I belong!" Jessica tends to appreciate the finer things in like –

From the time I told her that there was a Coffee Day stand at the train station, Emily had her mind set on feeding her

Mumbai has been a land of extremes. I’m sure anyone looking at America from the outside might say the same – particularly in our large

I knew it was going to be a good day as soon as we hailed a taxi whose driver asked for less than the going

In a country where millions of people are trying to subsist, I didn’t expect to see much focus on environmental issues. India is at least

Today marks five months of traveling. “Five months is big!” Emily kept saying yesterday. We still have more in front of us than behind us,

It took some shock aversion therapy in order for me to do it. If we were going to Mumbai's biggest slum, then I wanted a