On the morning of our third day in Kolkata, my wife and I woke to the pitiful cries of a dog and her puppies in the alley adjacent to my Aunt’s apartment. While animals are everywhere in the city, the sheer alienness of seeing cows dozing on sidewalks and goats bleating alongside beeping cars on
One of the things that excited me most about visiting India earlier this year was being in a world filled with people of my skin color. Don’t get me wrong: it’s not like I go through my days in America with slitted eyes, constantly on guard for racial wrongdoings. I don’t. But sometimes you get
When you return from an exotic destination like India, there are certain questions that will always be asked. The food? Rich in the north, eye-wateringly spicy in the south. The weather? Stifling at times, but you don’t really mind because of the richness of life that surrounds you. What about money? Did you live like
