The US or Emrica as the United States is known for many of us here in India stirs up different images for different people. The initial images of the Statue of Liberty, Niagara Falls and the White House have faded. Now for many of us the US has become a place to have different experiences, many times while visiting family…
Why Aren’t We Afraid?…
Fear is contagious and looking at people on the road wearing masks, it appears that everyone is terrified. Everybody from my gardener who is tending the garden with his homemade mask to my next door computer techie neighbor, who drives to work in his own car with his N95 mask on, is taking precautions against getting infected. Why do people…
Cuba in Miami
What is it that attracts people to Little Havana in downtown Miami. Perhaps it is the lure of the forbidden; Cuba is still a prohibited land for Americans so many make do with the trip to Miami. Or perhaps it is the rhythm of the Latin music and permeates in most cafes. Calle Ocho, which means street number eight in…
Cruising the Yangtze
If I had to pinpoint one thing that I remembered the most about the Yangtze cruise it would be the overwhelming fact that 1.3 million people have been relocated in that region for the building of the Three Gorges Dam. At $180 billion, the Three Gorges Dam is largest hydropower dam project in the world, another of China’s “great walls.”…