A long journey
In the world's largest democracy, men are still very much in control.Even though we've had a woman as prime minister (Indira Gandhi) and the current president is also a woman…
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March 10, 2010
The Hurt Locker: Ouch
I'll be watching the Oscars on Sunday night, though this year, I am not as excited as I usually am. I've only seen two of the movies nominated for best…
March 6, 2010
For Chile
This weekend, as Chile suffered the wrath of an enormous earthquake, I reread one of my favorite poems by Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.Ode to Broken ThingsThings get broken at home…
March 1, 2010
It's never too late to be what you might have been
I met Mariot a few days after I arrived in Port-au-Prince. He was one of several drivers retained by CNN. Mariot spoke English well, and often, on our long days…
February 16, 2010
SOS
There are things that one remembers about a place. Things that are clear and fresh, even many years later when memories of the most obvious have faded. I find this…
February 10, 2010
Back to school
A Catholic school in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Sainte Marie resumed classes Wednesday. It was a vital sign of normalcy.The kids need routine, they need to be with their friends.…
February 3, 2010
Faces of hope
A few days ago, I accompanied CNN producer Edvige Jean-Francois to her father's grave in Port-au-Prince (she was worried that it might have been desecrated after the quake) and then…
February 2, 2010
What have they done?
I wandered through the Port-au-Prince cemetery today with a Haitian colleague looking for his family crypt. His heart was full of trepidation. What would he find?Had someone tossed his ancestor's…
January 30, 2010
Haiti's horror
My heart breaks.Every time I head out of the Plaza Hotel in a CNN car, my heart breaks.In the massive tent cities, in the villages, on the big island in…
January 29, 2010
A Haitian tragedy
I sat at work last night writing the main Haiti earthquake story for CNN Wires and my mind raced back to 2001, when I was in the Indian state of…
January 13, 2010