The Man Who Sells Me My Toilet Paper
byNote the tee-shirt-resting-on-the-belly method of keeping cool, an extremely popular practice in both Nicaragua and West Virginia.
Note the tee-shirt-resting-on-the-belly method of keeping cool, an extremely popular practice in both Nicaragua and West Virginia.
When I showed my map of Birpara to Tay, and asked her if I’d missed anything, I was startled when she immediately declared “Yes! 
The first time I had my palm read on this round-the-world trip was by a man named Manzoor in the back of a Pakistani…
Vikash “Bulbul†Roy, is much more than the owner of the vehicle we rent. He is our Godfather, our band manager, our bodyguard, and…
Our elephant’s name was Purnima, “Full Moon†in Bengali, and she was silent save for her heavy footsteps as she carried us through the…
I had an unbelievably similar dialogue from my hotel room in Siliguri the other day (minus the crisp bacon). The following is a telephone…
The final phase of fieldwork for our tea worker nutrition survey has been frustratingly slow. Our work has been hampered by access problems in…
It is everywhere, this ancient sign of Hindu and Buddhist law. “Swasti†is Sanskrit for well-being, and the angular, clockwise-spinning arms are an auspicious…
“Buddhism is very simple,†said Ola Bantha, as he stood over our table in his dimly lit Road to Lhasa restaurant. “Nothing is permanent….