The man who owns the building I am staying in was a Commodore in the Indian Navy, and his uncle was head of the Indian Navy. When I stepped out the morning of my first day I heard his welcoming voice rise from behind his living room overlooking the front garden. We had a long talk about Indian history as his servant poured us tea. His servants name is Bickki and he talks to him in an entirely different tone of voice than he talks to me. It’s hard for me, an American and a Bahai, who knows in my… Continue

Tomorrow I head to India for 2 weeks of work and travel. I will be keeping a blog of photos, video and writing . As luck with have it, I am going to be there on independence Day Jan.26. My goal is to see the marching War Elephants. India is more than an amazing country. It is its own cradle of many civilizations. The first humans headed there from Africa way back when and many stayed there in the same villages. Entire villages in southern India… Continue