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Chapter 5- Unexpected Answer.
Since returning to LA, several friends have asked what about India made the biggest impression. Favorite places, experiences, or memories… My answer surprised both them and me. The animals. I miss the way in which animals were just a part of everything. They weren’t anyone’s, but they were everyone’s, more like neighbors than pets. The…
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Chapter 4- You must have confidence.
“You must have confidence, madam, to live in India.” Lokesh, our driver in Rajasthan. Lokesh becomes our second driver one week into the trip, in Jaipur, after his brother Hari’s foot is run over by a scooter. Saris on the backs of motorcycles, sidesaddle, their backs to us, the man driving in front. Colored silk…
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Chapter 3- My Words are Inadequate.
I was just trying to write something here for the first time in several days, but a wedding passed by the hotel, so I had to go and watch. And so it goes. Words, or at least the ones I know, seem an inadequate form for India. I want to touch it, wear it, hear…
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