Posted on Mar 25th, 2008
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The suggestions the other Americans made for improving the school led me to some reflections about time in India. It began when Sarah responded to the outsiders' plea for a structured daily schedule, regular field... More »
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Posted on Mar 24th, 2008
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Eve
Here's a letter I sent friends from Vizag : Roxanne and I are in Vizag now, going to pieces of the wedding almost every day and hanging out at the school for developmentally disabled children... More »
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Posted on Mar 21st, 2008
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Eve
A clean world met us at the train station in Bhubaneshwar . A storm so intense it dropped hail and broke branches off trees had just passed through, making it possible for us to breathe... More »
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Posted on Mar 16th, 2008
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Eve
Three years ago I wrote a post called " Pilgrimage to Vindhyachal ". This year we made the same pilgrimage, but it took half the time to get there because now there's a modern highway... More »
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Posted on Mar 15th, 2008
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Eve
One evening in Benares we took part in a puja . We climbed up the long steep stairs from the river to a high red gate. A low door opened; we had to bend down... More »
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Posted on Mar 13th, 2008
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Eve
The Sahi River View Guest House in Benares is right on the river (or was, until the dam was built - now it is above some mudflats which are being rapidly transformed into a fancy... More »
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Posted on Mar 12th, 2008
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Eve
When I was in India three years ago, I attended a dinner party at Vikram Soni 's house in New Delhi right before leaving. The conversation came round to the Boom in India. Geeti Sen... More »
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Posted on Mar 11th, 2008
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Eve
How will you know who the father is if you don't ask the mother? "How will you know who the father is if you don't ask the mother?" is a line I've been crediting to... More »
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Posted on Mar 11th, 2008
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Eve
February 10 - 14 While in Dehradun visiting out friend Jayant Gupta , we also visited Tibet. We went to the vibrant Tibetan settlement . We'd heard that Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche had just died, but... More »
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Posted on Mar 10th, 2008
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Eve
February 9, 2008 It is only by grace that one meets people like professor Dr. Lokesh Chandra . How lucky for me that Roxanne cultivated such a deep friendship with Dr. Chandra, who is the... More »
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