Kolkata makes me feel Ami abar shei Amar Ami – I am again my own me. I was there last week. It is the end of the lukewarm Kolkata winter. Men…

Joy – Just because it’s Christmas! Never thought about this – but joy unites people. Just like hate is divisive, joy is unifying. I feel that most during the Christmas season.…

Rick has been my guide for a long time. Rick Steves that is. We started following his brand of travel in the 1990s. PBS introduced him to us. We fell in…

The first death was the hardest  The driver almost hit a tree when Robert yelled. He had seen a street dog. Robert was from the Austin office visiting us. A staunch dog-lover…