Phoolpishi and Pishemashai on their 50th anniversary. I had just begin to cross the Atlantic yesterday when inCalifornia, my aunt lost her struggle with cancer. I had hoped to return from India and be able to go visit her one more time. A deep sadness set in at the thought that I would never beable …
Fun in an English class with some of the 10th graders at Udaan. In Hindi, udaan means flight. Like a bird flying off. Free to explore the world. In my hometown of Kolkata, the Udaan Society is trying to help underpriveleged youth find that freedom through knowledge. My childhood friend Vijay recently started a new …
Two stories I have covered in the past came to resolutiontoday. Both involved international campaigns that urged freedom for whatsupporters called unjust imprisonment. One ended in decided joy; the other the opposite. The first was the reunion on an Omani tarmac of two youngAmerican men held in Tehran’s Evil prison for more than two years. …
My friend Anita died last night. The news hit me today in the CNN newsroom like the blast of a bomb. I had fully intended to go visit her after my return to Atlanta this week. Now, I will never see her again.I will never hear her infectious laugh again. It made my husband Kevin’s …
I have traveled to many lands but nowhere have I seen the landscape change as rapidly or as often as it did on our road trip through Wyoming. I see the Tetons in the rear view now, white peaks contrasting against blue sky, as the highway winds downward into flatter lands formed of earth as …
We drive out of Yellowstone through the south gate. For a few moments, the drive seems, well, boring compared to the visual feast that was before us all day long. But then, the highway bends and offers a glimpse of the peaks that form the Grand Tetons. Jagged mountains that rise a mile high from …
From Denver airport, we drive to Steamboat Springs — a place that is as pretty as its name sounds. The slopes are closed for the summer but plenty of people are still around. As is the snow atop the mountains. On this day, everyone is excited about the sun. It’s the first day in a …
Valerie Boyd is one of the strongest women I know. Fiercely independent, passionate in her defending her views. Certainly, an inspiration to me, ever since I met her years ago at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. I admired her talent, her tremendous writing skills, her astuteness as an editor. I especially felt a bond with her at …
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