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Mother of 24 children.
Sirsi is some 240 miles east of New Delhi, in Uttar Pradesh, about six hour drive. An impoverished community where…
Dear President Obama, welcome to Mumbai:
Dear Mr. President: Wow, you are coming to Mumbai today! Welcome, Sirjee, most welcome. You know what; I was so…
Afghanistan x 17 – I (still) despair.
This is my 17th trip to Afghanistan in 5 years. Much has changed (for the better) in Kabul but so…
Pakistan drowns – A personal experience.
The Queen Is Dead! Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully on September 8, 2022; I’ve heard and read of very little…
Leh, India – The skies rained misery. Part Two.
Part Two. Death, decay and despair. The district of Ladakh in Indian Kashmir is beautiful, simply beautiful. Kargil and Leh…
Leh, India – The skies rained misery. Part One.
Part One. Perhaps this is why Pakistan is in such a mess…? Reports are pouring in about death, maim, unimaginable…
Ye hai mera (H)India….
Sirsi UP, India, site of CAI sponsored school and orphanage: Just as I decide to leave the relative comfort of…
A visit to Malaad slums…
It is pouring outside, has been for at least a week; non ceasing rain, at times so heavy, it alarms…
Mumbai monsoons
I am in Mumbai and this is my 3rd monsoon here; a phenomenon marvel to be experienced that can be…
A journey to Waaweila – Final
Joyful marriages; grinding poverty; going home. The drive up to Belkaab begins benignly enough; except for the heat and dust,…
A journey to Waaweilah – Part three
Shafeeqa’s tears of blood. The greeting party at Imam Sajjad (A) Clinic troop out to meet us; Aagha Amini, the…
A journey to Waaweilah – Part two
Bladder control, an agony. Stalled car. Weeping windscreen. Road to Bamiyaan Mud, mud For a change, there is a line…