July 24, 2014 On any given morning, a crowd of sounds permeates the school campus. AS the sky flickers into light, a competition between wind and birds proceeds. The wind blusters, hard, at times grabbing focus and obliterating all

July 16, 2014 Guru Purnima. The celebration of the first yogi.  Despite the holiday, I still taught two classes. As the students and I quietly explored mythology and revolution, little did I know that thousands of people were gathering

July 14, 2014 Humans respect fame.  With wide-eyed awe, wonder or even love we approach those who have achieved fame of any sort, slightly jealous and a bit touched that they allow us to share a moment with them,

July 12, 2014 The artistic director of the Aazhi Children’s Theatre Group conducted a week long residency at the ISHA Home School in the South Indian city of Coimbatore. At the residency’s culmination, the children he worked with performed

July 10, 2014 Nearly a decade ago I first arrived in India: an immense stranger to me at the time.  Apropos then that I arrived in the dark of midnight.  Two hours or so I sweated through an intense