A Year In New York

I got to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. before dawn today with some friends and found a spot near one of the Jumbotrons about halfway between the Washington Monument and the Capitol. Shivering be damned; I wanted to see Barack Obama become President Barack Obama and learn what tone he would set for the [...]

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This post comes from Chennai, the largest city in southern India, where in a few days (on Jan. 9) my love Anjali and I will have a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony.  Just about everything is different than it is in New York but I thought I’d share the very most obvious: traffic.
First of all, I [...]

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