INDIA | Saturday, 26 Dec 2015 | Views [460]
Our boat was surrounded by others just like it: rickety, in a word, with peeling paint and shoddily assembled wooden planks. I could feel my whiteness in the empty space between us and our boatman, where the other boats were packed to the ... Read more >
Tags: culture, delhi belly, developing world, india, puja, river ganges, varanasi
INDIA | Monday, 21 Dec 2015 | Views [485]
The chaos of the developing world, all of its stark contrast, reigns here. A child's grimy hand tugs my skirt. I hear the tap-tap-tap of a woman's fingernail on the taxi window, and turn to see her kissing gathered fingers to her mouth in a begging gesture, ... Read more >
Tags: chaos, culture, delhi, developing world, india, india
