We reached Bombay (Mumbai). The seminar is ended. Besides last meals and conversations together, we are asked to work on our individual projects. I take time to reflect on my… Read more

When traveling, visitors watch the people of the land being visited; those host people notice those who are visiting. Westerners have had a growing fascination with India. The list is… Read more

I’ve met Hindus. I’ve met Muslims. I’ve met Christians. I haven’t met a Buddhist.  My experience is not unique. Weeks earlier, during our seminar’s lectures, Professor Raman reminds us of… Read more

Who doesn’t know that there has been war between India and Muslim dominated Pakistan? Who doesn’t know that the Taj Mahal is built by a Muslim ruler? Who hasn’t heard… Read more

Varanasi is the city of Shiva. Everywhere I went there were images, statues, temples to Shiva. While statistics show that Vaishnavites outnumber Shivaites throughout India, I have to believe that… Read more

Varanasi. The ghats on the Ganges River. Visitors are pulled to this city and these ghats. For probably five miles, there are numerous ghats, stone steps which enable the thousands… Read more

I long to visit Varanasi. Einar, one of my DePauw college roommates, studied at Banaras Hindu University and returned to DePauw a changed man. How else could I explain his… Read more

In Kolkata, Subodh Mondal, our host, take us to an amazing array of places and enable us to meet fascinating individuals, Hindus and Christians. The highlight is our visiting Mother… Read more

Carl Griffin and I are visiting Kolkata. Rev. Subodh Mondohl, a United Methodist minister, acts as our host in Kolkata. One afternoon, he and his friends Probal Dutta and Rev.… Read more

Upon receiving notice of my acceptance in the Fulbright seminar, I know that I want to meet Emory’s Professor Thomas Thangaraj. Although my doctoral degree is from Emory, I had… Read more