Ibrahim with his mother and sisters in the tiny room in which the family lives. Outside, the hall is dark and damp. Ibrahim's father (sitting in the photo below) cannot…
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December 22, 2009
My Christmas gift
This is the season when we feel compelled to give. We give our time at homeless shelters, buy bags of food for the hungry and write checks out to charities…
December 22, 2009
Mehndi
I met my dear friend Vijay Chowdhary when I was in the fifth grade. My brother and I went to school with Vijay and his sister Renu. They were Marwaris…
December 17, 2009
Kolkata
On my way home.It has been more than a year that I was in my beloved Kolkata. A feast and sore for the eyes all at once. An assault on…
December 3, 2009
Remembering 26/11
A year ago, I was making my way to Mexico City, dreaming of the serene canals of Xochimilco and the burst of a hot tamale in my mouth.By my heart…
November 26, 2009
White House feasting
President Barack Obama hosts his first state visit today. The guest? Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Makes me proud.Singh, India's first Sikh leader, is an a Cambridge- and Oxford-educated economist…
November 24, 2009
Ode to a water tank
Tallah Tank turns 100 today.What is Tallah Tank, you might ask. It's allegedly the world's largest water tank of its kind, holding a whopping nine million gallons of water to…
November 18, 2009
Invisible people
We take so many things for granted here in the United States, among them a little piece of paper documenting births. But millions of people across the world do not…
November 16, 2009
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