For most Westerners, it’s unfathomable for a major city to function without 24-hour electricity. Yet like the monsoon rains on their mission to Ganga-ji (respected river), the 1.3 million people who live here in Varanasi…
Browsing Category south asia
another new door
Visions of India Dec 2007 , originally uploaded by seekingsol. My flickr “Visions of India” Slideshow is now up for a scroll.
a new door
DoorToRajastan, originally uploaded by seekingsol. Sadly, I have some very negative feedback for FOTKI.com (with whom I’ve been hosting my albums for the last six years and who is also responsible for over 500 posts…
experience express train
My travels through Punjab and Rajastan have passed like the views through my window seat on the express train. Even the experiences themselves have been faster than than the time it takes for me to…
leftover stew
I specifically remember the days my mother cleaned house because for dinner, there was always a slightly mysterious thing boiling in a pot, that we (the kids) renamed, “left-over stew.” Well, as I blow the…
being & becoming
“To a western observer our civilization appears as all metaphysics, as to a deaf man piano playing appears to be mere movements of fingers and no music.” – RABINDRANATH TAGORE, India’s greatest poet, who won…
the guts to look inside
At this very minute, scouts from every major city in India are making their way to the site of the recent natural disaster in Bangladesh. There, they will pick through the rubble of the dead…
a few faces of india
I’m too busy to type. So instead I invite you to Page 3 of my photogallery to meet the faces and friends with whom — and frames within — I’m currently living life… ——————————————— *sol…
chai with Agam-ji
*picture from our 2004 chai sessions* This is not my first cup of chai with Agam-ji. While the kinship I feel for him might well transcend centuries, Agam has already become a revered character in…
divine chaos
Why India? I find the inquiry funny for the fact that the question is, for others, as obscurely obvious as the answer, for me. But I was asked this question three times this week and,…