mumbai is on edge over rightest hindu leader

Excerpted from today’s International Herald Tribune: The rightest Hindu leader Bal Thackeray is on life support, and reports that the 86 yr old politician is near death brought Mumbai to a virtual standstill on Thursday as businesses closed and residents cleared the streets. Mr. Thackeray, the supreme leader of Shiv Sena, the extremist Hindu organization […]

sunrise in devi gargh

Scott and I got up early…ok, our goal to see the sunrise over the mountains that surround Devi Gargh palace where we are staying in garden suite #9. We piled on layers of clothing to keep warm and headed out, waiting for the sun, waiting for the sun. (And channeling Jim Morrison, apparently)…. photos are […]