In the middle of the day…
I edited a story this week about a woman who found rebirth through a pregnancy during the pandemic. I tried hard to understand how she felt and yet, the concepts…
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May 19, 2021
Ed Duffy. Unforgettable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH-wsjbjteE We all lose people we love, people who are integral to us. We cannot escape loss. I will never know what it must feel like to lose a child…
April 6, 2016
Rangakaka: Remembering a colorful life
The film "Aradhana" had just made its big splash in 1969 when my family returned once again from a soujourn in America to India. As we settled back to a…
April 22, 2015
Hotel Death
My story on a home for the dying in Varanasi, India, came out on CNN.com today. I spent a week reporting in the fabled holy city and was fascinated by its…
April 25, 2014
Death: I've had 13 years to think
I've been immersed in writing about death after spending a week in Varanasi at a home where ailing, elderly Hindus go to end their lives. They want to die there because…
March 25, 2014
Happy Birthday
My mother would have turned 82 today. I would have picked up the phone and called her. 011-91-33-2247-6600. I would have said: Ma! Happy Birthday. I would have asked her…
August 24, 2013