I always find it strange that when non-Hindus (Christians in particular) holding a 100 candle vigil for peace gets regular coverage on just about every major news channel in India, but something like Hindus lighting over 10,000 lamps for world peace seem to be less worthy of mention and hardly gets a mention even in [...]
This recession has rendered 4 million Americans jobless and half-a-million with their homes foreclosed. When I was in India, I’ve heard that question really thrown around, why/how did this happen? It got me asking myself that question. People blame it on things ranging from the credit bubble to jobs going abroad. The truth is simpler, [...]
A home owners association in South Riding, Virginia sent a notice to an Indian resident to remove their kolam decorations off their driveway. For those who don’t know, a kolam is a form of sand drawing practiced by Hindus in South India, usually drawn with rice flour, outdoors, at the entrance of a home (and [...]
Bird watching, just a one day venture with the local kids. Something that started unplanned in an attempt to get a shot of some absolutely loud birds that wake me up at 4am (with a “snooze feature” – they start again around 5am), without fail, every day, year in year out. Here they are, some [...]