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  • Final Travel Article is up on HuffPo

    I wrote a big sort of “lessons-learned” blog post for the Huffington Post’s travel blog (where I’ve been an erratic fixture this past half-year) summarizing some of the lessons I’ve learned over this past year of traveling. I’m quite pleased… Continue reading

    Final Travel Article is up on HuffPo
  • The Dogs Have Balls

    This post is a (lengthy) excerpt from a letter I wrote to a good friend summarizing some of my impressions of the poverty of India and reflecting on the work I did with the kids at the school. I’ve chosen… Continue reading

    The Dogs Have Balls
  • Poverty and Values

    I was involved in an… altercation a few nights ago. Well… altercation might be overly dramatic a word. But words were crossed in public, and I found myself struggling with an internal dilemma. The setup: Some friends and I had… Continue reading

  • Two Indias

    I’m sitting on a bunk in the 2AC class (one of the higher classes on standard trains–not fancy, but not the cheapest) on the train to Aurangbad. Sharing the berth with me is a family that, to my mind, perfectly… Continue reading