Category: India 2018

I have only a distant memory of Kandy from 1976 and what I remember is colonial-style buildings and a great green lawn.  Now, as might be expected, there are additional… Read more »

We are driving in the hills of Sri Lanka toward the city of Kandy, at this country’s central heart.  It is the essence of tropical, with great soaring coconut palms… Read more »

The old fort area of Kochi, the former Cochin, remains a peaceful enclave of tourist sites, hotels, and the remains of the traditional way of life.  The military are based… Read more »

It is early morning, 6:30 am, on a backwater inlet in Kerala and I am sitting on the prow of our houseboat, listening to Sanskrit chanting from a Hindu temple… Read more »

Here is my insight for the day:  While we in the U.S. have just as great a gap as here between the housing of the very rich and very poor. … Read more »

On the way to Madurai, during the days leading up to the Pongal harvest festival, the signs are beginning to appear everywhere.   We saw a cow in a village… Read more »

I told my group this morning as we left for the Chettinad Region in Tamil Nadu that they will find many people who have toured India but very few who… Read more »

The road inland from Tranquebar takes us to the great temples of the Chola dynasty, in full strength from 800-1200 AD,` past agricultural lands filled with the green of newly… Read more »

There could hardly be a more out of context experience than visiting the Matri Mandir at Auroville, the intentional community established by the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram… Read more »

India’s Silk Road:  Kanchipuram to Mahabalipuram At one time, the silk and spice trade flowed through the town of Kanchipurm and to the great port cities on the Bay of… Read more »