India
CW: COVID-19, DV Here’s my Avva giving quarantine advice more than seven years ago: As I’m guessing many of you are also doing right now, I’ve been noticing how many things I need to touch just to move around. And I’ve been thinking about how much the physical design of our environment can play aRead more
[wpvideo wuzN86y8] After dropping my laptop on the ground twice today, it seemed like a good idea to get all this stuff saved online somewhere. Here are some photos from Dussehra last year, a festival that’s going on now:Read more
Tata (grandpa) chilling in his man cave, reading one of his many books. If you ask him about Swami Vivekananda or Ramakrishna he will tell you the most detailed stories about their lives. Not sure if I have any photos of it, but his room is filled with books and cassettes and I think evenRead more
I don’t know exactly what a prayer is. I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields, which is what I have been doing all day. Tell me, what else shouldRead more
There was a special type of firework that had paper money inside. Whoever picked up the most bills won. Tata counting money. There was an awards ceremony afterwards.Read more
Before coming here, I wrote down all my goals for this trip on an index card and in a document called “LIFE.” Here’s a summary: Collect photographs, recipes, and oral histories from family members Get involved in research on the medicinal value of local plants Teach local students through hands-on science projects Become conversational inRead more
Since I never ended up editing that last post or sending it to anyone, I guess this serves as an official hello and sorry for not keeping everyone updated on what I’ve been up to. It’s been an insane month and I have so much to catch up on. There have been moments where IRead more
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