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•  Indian Top Blogs Directory 2012-2013
  Huntington Gardens, Los Angeles, CA Apologies for being remiss in posting to my blog of late. I have been travelling in the US visiting family and friends. My daughter, Maya, graduated from Occidental College in California two weeks ago, and it was such a wonderful day for her and our entire ...
  Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:57:00
•  South Indian Summer
  Arunachaleswara Temple at dawn, Tiruvannamalai, India Today marks the start of a 'heat wave' here in Tiruvannamalai, South India. I had to chuckle a bit when I saw this on a weather forecast since it has already been 100-102 F for the past week or so. Today it hit 108 F with a heat index of 11...
  Thu, 09 May 2013 13:29:00
•  Reflections on a Tumultuous Week of World News
  Boston Marathon runners This past week has been a blur of violent events from around the world, which I have read with a sense of shock and sadness mixed with anger. From the terrorist bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon to the rape of a 5-year-old girl in New Delhi; from the devas...
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:56:00
•  Scenes from Life in Tiruvannamalai, South India
  Arunachaleswara Temple,Tiruvannamalai, South India It will soon be two years since I moved to India to take a job as director of a technical writing training program in Chennai. I have spent my weekends and worked from home part time in Tiruvannamalai, a town about four hours south...
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:00:00
•  India tourist visits down 25% following fatal Delhi gang rape
  Golden Temple of Amritsar in Amritsar, Punjab, India (by snapsandblabs.com) I recently sent a link from the UK Guardian to a friend from Ireland who lives and works in Chennai. Erin (not her real name) is a 40-year-old business woman who has lived in India for eight years (off and on...
  Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:09:00