The night of December 2nd-3rd, 1984 should have been a regular winter night for the hundreds of thousands of residents in the Indian city of Bhopal. Many Bhopalis ( as the residents of the city are called) snuggled under their blankets (if they could afford them) while mothers held their babies close to keep...
Oh snoopers of the world UNITE! I was always told that if you snoop around–you would never find anything nice. It’s a great thought, but that hasn’t stopped me from being sneaky–snooping around without a care in the world, facebook stalking, email checking, and being alarmingly insouciant about the things that I find. While...
It’s like a voice from beyond the crypt, I am sure! But, just wanted to say I have been away from indiejourno for way too long! I just moved to Mumbai and as you can all imagine what that might be like. Exciting, exhausting and completely chaotic. But I promise to have more updates…including...
Trying to find good trekking and topographical maps in India is somewhat like the proverbial head meeting the proverbial wall. My year of looking for the perfect set of maps- primarily of the Indian Himalayas, but also of other places- has yielded rather interesting results. I love travelogues, especially those dealing with mountains, specifically...
Anyone who has ever lived in a developing country (See also: India, Kenya) can attest to the fact that giant piles of poop by the roadside are a common site. In incredibly poor areas, where there is not just a lack of hygiene but proper methods of sanitation and waste management, the spread of...
There is no doubt that Fox News anchor Glenn Beck has to be the biggest wart on the face of the Universe. It's bad enough that one has to endure his nonsensical rants about liberal values, but one has to live through his mug on the best-seller list and a clip that has made...
November 26th would mark the one year anniversary of the carnage in Mumbai last year, when armed gunmen from Pakistan rampaged through Mumbai indiscriminately shooting innocent people and taking two five-star hotels hostage. There was so much that was gruesome about that attack. The sheer brazenness, for one. The fact that someone could just...