David Stairs
There’s a little place in the Indian city of Agra famous as a testament of a man’s love for a woman…. Continue Reading →
Malika Soin
The title of this essay is inspired from Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s magical realist short story, “Light is like Water.” In the story, through textual narration, the reader visualizes the transformation of an everyday apartment setting to a sea world with floating objects…. Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Winter Park, FL. train station
I’m having this printed on a t-shirt in 100 pt. demi-bold letters:
I survived Universal Studios
Over the Christmas holidays I was invited to Florida by an old friend I hadn’t seen since 2005…. Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Workers unloading a truck at night
America, land of gizmos and gadgets, began its history so labor poor that it accepted the evil of slavery for more than three centuries before its Civil War eliminated the scourge…. Continue Reading →
David Stairs
In the tea shambas of the Kanan Devan Hills Company, Munnar
When it comes to tea, the Indian place names roll off one’s tongue: Assam, Darjeerling, Ceylon. Tea is grown in many other places, but it is in India that it became a world-class cash crop,… Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Sign for women’s washroom in Hindi, English, Urdu, and Bengali. The water is held by the right, or eating hand.
As goes its plumbing, so goes a nation; in this we do trust. The Romans supposedly poisoned themselves with lead piping,… Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Adolf Hitler once referred to the British as “a nation of shopkeepers.” But the Brits had nothing on the Indians when it comes to small business. One needn’t look too far to notice the importance of commerce to India…. Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Madhya Pradesh, in north central India
When one thinks of France one automatically pictures the Eiffel Tower; New York and it’s the Statue of Liberty; India and 9 out of 10 people will say “Taj Mahal.” India is home to many other significant sites,… Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Train travel in India is popular. Is it any wonder? Domestic flights cost ten times as much as trains. In fact, train travel is SO popular here, that it’s hard to reserve a seat if not done well in advance…. Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Auroville’s “symbol of the Divine’s answer to man’s aspiration for perfection,” the Matrimandir
Pondicherry, former French colony of India, has an interesting history. Like the former Portugese colony at Goa, now one of the most chic destinations in India,… Continue Reading →
David Stairs
Cement trucks parked along Doddaballapur Road
Every environment has its signature building material. In Africa, rammed earth and thatch were, for centuries, the default until they gave way to bricks and mortar. I’ve always thought of North America as the wood construction capital of the universe,… Continue Reading →
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