One of my readers recently asked me for a list of books I have read that were written by India authors... And so another blog post is born. I love to read. I read on the bus when I am back home en route to work and back, I read [...]
Written yesterday: Yesterday we went to the Spice Plantation. Our guide was so informative. We walked around and he showed us the various spice plants. He taught us remedies and recipes to make the most of the spice's healing properties. He also identified birds, which were flying overhead, hanging out [...]
Written today about yesterday and posted today from Kerala: We are in Madura, South India. Our local guide for today stood up at the front of the bus and introduced himself: My name is Mudu. My name means "pearl". I have only one wife and two children. I love my [...]
Between yesterday and today, we visited three Hindu temples. We are lucky enough to have two excellent guides, Arvind and Raja, to usher us into the temples, to lead us up to the Brahman priests who bless us and mark our foreheads with white ash or mark our brow center [...]
We have been in Mamallapuram, also known as Mahaballipuram, for the past two heavenly days. With much reluctance we have to move on today. This going to another city brings a slight amount of dread (why must we leave the comfortable known, this elegant seaside hotel, the gentle breeze, the [...]
