Monthly Mood: We Are All So Lucky If you’re reading this right now, you are so lucky. You may not always think so, but think so! Did you drink clean, parasite-free water today? Is your electricity wired in a way that doesn’t threaten to blow up in flames at any given moment? Do you have your freedom of speech? Do you have… Read More
Monthly Mood: India Continues To Prove That I Don’t Know Shit About Life Why haven’t I been doing this? My friend Victor creates this beautiful website and keeps it running every time I cry of technological crisis and I’m not putting out at least once a month? [su_spacer size=”30″] [su_spacer size=”30″] Monthly Mood: India Continues To Prove That I Don’t Know Shit About Life [su_spacer size=”30″] My signature… Read More
My Favorite Indian Breakfast Is Banana Buns, Hun My Favorite Indian Breakfast Is Banana Buns, Hun… Read More
Meena The Parantha Queen Once upon a time a Punjabi boy visited Manikaran, a holy hamlet of India that was especially venerated by followers of Sikhism. When the boy was hungry he found a local tea stall. He bit into the steamy, crispy layers of a stuffed flatbread and his life was transformed forevermore. [su_spacer size=”30″] [su_spacer size=”25″] Love… Read More
A Poem From Silence Day 814 1 May 2020 [su_spacer size=”25″] No markets openNo new food. India’s lockdown is no jokePolice scoot byCanes ready to prod and poke. Foreigners can’t walk on the streetsSome folks look at me rude. Whatever they seeIt doesn’t matter to meI choose to be free. This hostel is my ashramRaama RaamaHare Raama. Inhale energyExhale… Read More
COVID-19: Less Privileged and More Centered In The Universe Three days ago I was journaling in the common area of my hostel in Varanasi, India. I looked out the only window that was still allowed to be cracked open. It occurred to me that I could not even cross the street to buy a pack of chips for my gnawing hunger. India is currently… Read More