Fifteen Months in India
Mumbai has it's sights. Mumbai has it's tourist shops and fancy bars and colonial buildings and quintessential cricket pitches. Mumbai...
Jan 7, 2019
On Christmas and Cultural Majorities
I'm back in Mumbai after two-and-a-half weeks in Sri Lanka with my parents. This week was Christmas. I don't usually do anything for...
Dec 28, 2018
Festivals of Light
This week was Diwali. Diwali celebrates the victory of light over darkness. It is celebrated by lighting ritual lamps in the windows and...
Nov 10, 2018
Of Glitter and Marigold
Last night I stood in the dark at the edge of the beach watching Indian families huddle around small fires they'd lit in the sand. Each...
Oct 19, 2018
Back Into India
A chicken shop in the village of Vashisht, Himachal Pradesh. As I write this I'm sitting in the Lufthnansa Terminal of the Frankfurt...
Sep 30, 2018
Thursdays with Nani
As soon as Maayan and I stepped out of Sandhurst Road Station, she immediately began pointing out to me all of the locations of her...
Sep 13, 2018
Castles in the Clouds
Yesterday I went on a trek to a fort called Lohagad, outside of the hill station of Lonavala. Lonavala is about two hours by train from...
Aug 17, 2018
Mashiach in the Mountains
The first thing the rickshaw driver said to me when I got off the bus in Manali was, "Where do you want to go? Beit Chabad?" I had just...
Jun 8, 2018
The Golden Temple of Amritsar
I thought the highlight of Amritsar would be the floating temple covered in 750 kg of gold. But it turns out that the real highlight of...
May 30, 2018
Right From The Source
As the hot season in Mumbai runs on, and the temperatures linger around low 30s that feel much higher due to the constant humidity,...
Apr 26, 2018
