Mumbai
It is a particular nostalgic feeling to get up on a bed in the country of one's origin. I could be biased, but India and her people make...
Concert at Nehru Center
The Nehru Center complex has multiple buildings. The tower containing the exhibits and the gallery is attached to a performance center. ...
Morning in Mumbai
I was up early in the morning. Part of my work in India was to create partnerships for two of my projects: one - to create a multimedia...
Mumbai Sports Club
The fact that I could enter a highly ticketed event without anyone asking for a favor or money was an amazing experience, somewhat...
Meeting College friends and Professor at Bhubaneswar
We are back on the road. The remarkable machine called the auto-rickshaw is an ideal tool for transport in India. It is very efficient...
Sri Jagannatha Conference, meeting an old friend
Independent of the Sri Jagannatha culture, Puri has been a center of creative arts and music for a long time. Oriya as a spoken language...
Riding train to Allahabad
I returned back to my sister's house. There was time in the evening for more discussion on her doctoral thesis. She had questions on...
Ritual at Akshaya Vata
The liberation ritual at Gaya apparently began through a legend connected with the Ramayana, Rama and Sita were in exile when the King...
From Gaya to Patna: Pawapuri, Nalanda
While it is debated as to the influx of outside people to India several thousand years ago, the Vedas give an impression of eastward...
Howrah Station
Rains did interrupt our tour at Nalanda. There were strong wind gusts with rain clouds above. It was more of a shower than a sustained...
