In South India, particularly Tamil Nadu, Pongal is the festival. It doesn’t get any more colorful and energetic than this […]
Deep South: Making way through Tamil Nadu
Someone once said if the Himalayas are the head of India, the south is her spiritual heart and soul. This […]
Mumbai Mania
The slums came into view as the plane lowered towards the runway. They piled upon each other disjointedly; ramshackles with […]
Look.
Take a while once in a while to take a look around at where you are and try to recall […]
Thoughts from Center Basin
The following is from a journal entry from last summer dated August 17. It was a short scramble above the […]
#OWS Update: the night before #N17
Check out Phil Acuna’s article on Perceptions Press from right in the middle of the two month N17 day of […]
Breaking News: Seven-Point agreement signed; Peace closer than ever
The government of current Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai came forward November 2 with a seven-point agreement to concede the transfer […]
Thoughts on a decade of the American nation
I’ve had my doubts about America’s track record in human rights and heavy handedness in foreign policy in the last […]
Tunisia—Election results show moderates take majority and declare country “open for business”
The moderate Islamist Ennahda party has raised to the fore of October 23 elections, the first democratically held election in […]
Libya: Aftermath of Gaddafi’s death
Gaddafi and his son Mutassim were secretly buried in the desert early October 25, according to the interim National Transitional […]
