Posted in India, Yet To Be Determined on May 18th, 2010 1 Comment »
On May 25, I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the last week of May when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where all the other [...]
Posted in Uganda on April 21st, 2010 1 Comment »
On June 2 (in 7 weeks), I will return to the United States after four years abroad. I am doing a countdown from 10 – starting at 10 and ending with 1 the first week of June when I depart India. And then that’s it – the end. I’ll ride off into the sunset where [...]
Posted in India on December 2nd, 2009 3 Comments »
Garbage is a problem that has plagued India for longer than most people have been alive.
Gandhi addressed it in his day, noting Indian’s penchant for keeping their houses immaculate yet caring little for anything outside of their doors. And this was 50 years before plastic.
Any area in India where people live is cursed with plastic. [...]
Posted in India on April 27th, 2008 2 Comments »
If I had to pin down one main impediment to development in Mumbai, it would have to be the “not my problem” attitude. This attitude is pervasive not only in the government bureaucracy, but in individual citizens.
I pass a construction site each day walking to and from work. It is right on a busy street, [...]