A New Year's salute to amazing people not on any lists
Today, we bid goodbye to 2012 and usher in a new year. It's a time of cheer and remembrance. We like lists. So we have the top 10s of everything…
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December 31, 2012
A brutal rape, then outrage. What next for women?
When I was home in Kolkata several years ago, I climbed aboard a crowded public bus to go across town. The experience was far from pleasant. It was hot and…
December 24, 2012
A violent world
I visited my friend Archna yesterday. She, like so many others I know, was distraught over the Newtown shootings. What was happening to the world? We embarked on a conversation…
December 18, 2012
Sacred sounds
One of the greatest musical talents of our time was silenced Tuesday. Ravi Shankar died at 92. His was a name I grew up with, a name that made me…
December 12, 2012
Dob Utca
We arrived at our abode in Budapest on a shuttle that took us from the southeastern end of the city into its heart, the seventh district of Erzsebetvaros. It wasn't…
December 5, 2012