I wish this were a happy story – a story to uplift and inspire. Or at least to amuse and entertain. But it’s not happy at all. It’s sad. And the sadness is deep and eternal, random and entirely unnecessary. It is a sadness [...]

Gujarat is a dry state. The land of Gandhiji cannot abide alcohol. Legally, that is. To no one’s surprise, however, a thriving black market exists and the choices available are far beyond what one can get in Mumbai or Delhi, those fabled [...]

In Mumbai last week, I wandered down a road to the railway station market – a fascinating place of industry and endeavor, particularly by women – and happened to glimpse this wonderful, strong girl, racing down an alley-way, hair [...]

One day can feel like a week. Or a lifetime. From a lecture on disability in India for 80 wide-eyed, open-minded British Poppets to a walk down Tolstoy Lane to the Ram Lila grounds where Anna Hazare was holding forth to thousands of supporters. [...]