From the rural lands of Chettinad we flew to the major industrial and teeming city of Mumbai, formerly known by the British as Bombay.  Two opposite ways of life.  … Read more »

The community of the Chettiars community in Tamil Nadu South India is unique.   But not without some similarity elsewhere:   Think of the uber-wealthy of New York in the… Read more »

Traveling through the state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India is a visit to the past in the form of ancient Chola Empire temples while at the same time experiencing… Read more »

Combining the spices of South India with the more subtle tastes of Europe, Puducherry is unique in India for its French flavor.   It still has a good sized population… Read more »

Madras/Chennai, the same and different.  Since I first visited and lived in Madras many years ago It has actually changed less than other parts of India. The sidewalk shops and… Read more »

In our recent travels together, Bill remarked a number of times as we drove through city streets that it was impossible to capture in words the sense of life and… Read more »

Before I began considering a trip to NE India, I had not heard of Guwahati, whose suburb contains Dispur, the official capital city of the State of Assam.  Guwahati seemed… Read more »

The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve is best known for its one-horned white rhinoceros.   I personally think that although we are told there are 148 tigers now within… Read more »

I had earlier remarked that I thought the grey atmosphere around Kohima might not be fog but smoke.  I was proved wrong today when after our full morning of outings… Read more »

We are now on the road out of Assam and into Nagaland, home to 17 related Naga tribes, each with their own language and customs.  We just passed our first… Read more »