I live not far from one of the more eerie landmarks in Mumbai. Unfortunately, because I am not a Parsi, I will never get to visit the Towers of Silence. The Parsi (aka, Zoroastrian) community fled religious persecution in Iran in the 9th century and came to India. Only now am I beginning to learn…
Not too much going on today, as I’ve got a case of Delhi Belly – or so they call it. Luckily, medicine is super cheap here. I paid a little less than $2 for a series of antibiotics and some vitamins. It’s a real shame what a rip off prescription drugs are in the U.S….
It’s amazing how much easier life in Mumbai can be when you have your own driver. Ours started today, and I’m relieved. We may be scooting around in the Honda Civic for the time being, but at least the rides are now air conditioned and hassle-free. Four days of hailing cabs in this city can…
And on the first few days I saw: 1 vulture 1 lizard 3 Cows (1 of which was hitched to a cart at the beginning of the evening rush) Several bats Dozens of stray dogs Mumbai is wild and for a city of its size – we’re talking 20 million – it certainly has a…
This has been a long time coming, this posting. But the past month has been too hectic to keep up. Intensive Hindi classes, packing, and saying goodbye to everyone has taken it’s toll. Now, I’m just hanging out in New York for the next few days until we take off for Bombay. So, this is…
I can’t be the only one who thinks that keeping up with a blog is impossible when faced with holiday weekends and the lack of a day job, can I? I’m back from my trip up to New York & the gIsland (Long Island), it’s late, and I think I used up all my vocabulary…
This gives a whole new meaning for the word ‘Weblog’
Woo hoo! I’m so glad the Pistons proved my whole theory wrong. Now maybe I’ll have more confidence in former and current Washington players. How about Ben Wallace getting 10 rebounds in the 3rd quarter alone? It was so heartwarming to see the looks on the Lakers’ faces when they started to realize that they…
