Oh my gosh, my friend Ben and I had so much fun hanging out with the staff of Sheroes Hangout for a few days. They are ALIVE with playfulness, a great sense of community with each other, and engaging the world in advocating to stop acid attacks. The cafe was...
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If you ever had any fears that if you actually saw the Taj Mahal with your own eyes that it might be a bit of a let-down, fear no more. It is exquisitely beautiful and meticulously maintained. And even if you aren’t quite the architectural-enthusiast geek that I...
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So, this is the “work” part of this trip! I met Ben when we were both 19 years old WALKING from Los Angeles to Washington DC on the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament. (Yes, I know – that’s a story in itself!) For most of his...
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Deepak and Dilip took Ben and me here. Not only was it beautiful and historic (two of my favorite things!), there was also a bit more oxygen and a bit less carbon dioxide here than the rest of Delhi, which is permeated with smog. From Wikipedia: Lodi Gardens is a city...
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I find riding in this chaos in a tuk-tuk to be a thrill. It’s totally different than U.S. traffic. First, there are very few rules – so it seems like people don’t spend much time getting indignant that things aren’t happening the way they are...
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