While I've barely been a week in Mysore, a long weekend break from yoga class yielded opportunity for a bit of a get-away. Three other yoginis and myself booked a car, two rooms and...
Taking pride in Indian culture
As I was leaving the gala opening for the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts exhibit, I met an Indo-Canadian couple named Andy and Barbara on...
My favourite hotels in India
These are my top 5 hotels in India. I have stayed in all of them, and no considerations of sponsorship, price or relationship has influenced my decisions to recommend...
Udaipur, India – Whirling Women
In honor of the Passports with Purpose Fundraising project, I’ve chosen one of my favorite photos from India this week.
A last minute decision to go to the nightly cultural show in...
If these walls could speak
[NOTE: I wrote this for the Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Matters blog for Maharaja: The Splendour of India's Royal Courts, the exhibit that runs from November 20 to April 4,...
The meaning of Diwali
Diwali in India is like Christmas in Canada. It’s the biggest festival of the year, celebrated all over India, with lights, firecrackers, flowers, parties and pujas. Diwali (or Deepavali) celebrates the return...
According to the U.N. Population Division, over 70 percent of Indians live in rural areas and over half of all Indians are farmers. Yet access to technology and information in many areas is limited, meaning...
“I know all about food security,” says Mitharam Maslai, a farmer from India’s Northeast highlands. “We ate only pumpkin and bamboo shoots every year for two to three weeks because we had run out of...
