Monthly Archives: February 2005

So 2/3rds of my trip to India were spent visiting my Mom’s sisters & their families. The term for an aunt in Hindi is Massi. My research indicates that Massi’s are strong, sweet, intelligent, understanding women whose ultimate goal in life is to fatten nephews beyond reason and to generally … Continue reading →

As some of you know, on my recent trip to India, I spent a good bit of time trying to see a tiger at Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan. After many attempts, this is the tiger as I saw it: Actually I was pretty happy with that until some folks … Continue reading →

I’m writing this somewhere over the Pacific on the way home from 16 days in LOMP – the Land of My People – India*. I guess my favorite moment of the trip was the most surreal one & it happened late in my stay. It was this Dance Off / … Continue reading →