At home, I don't drink all that much chai. In the US, I'm more about coffee, or espresso based Americanos. I don't like Americanized chai, more often an oversweet spiced-up milk.
But I'm truly fueled by...
'Holy Cow!' my mom used to say when I was growing up in reaction to surprising sights or news. A raised-Catholic, meat-eating, first generation American daughter of Croatian immigrants, she may have picked the phrase...
This is the first of three guest posts written by staff at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). IWMI is a non-profit organization supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) that targets water and...
By Mariellen Ward on December 9, 2010 in Asia, Bangalore, Canada, Events, Featured, Festivals, India, Photos, Toronto, Videos
Saying namaste to the Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange Project
The joy of cross-cultural mash-ups
In some ways, India and Canada could not be two more different countries: Canada is new, India is old; Canada is cold, India is...
1. Traveling in India is dangerous
Before I went to India for the first time, I was warned to my teeth about how dirty and dangerous India is, especially by the doctor at the travel...
Things to do in Singapore: Eat. Shop. Get fined.
That’s about it.
We knew Singapore was going to be the polar opposite of India. To be honest, it felt pretty nice, and it is a lot like...
I missed Diwali, the 'festival of lights' and most important Indian festival, by a week or so. A cause of major celebration, Diwali is celebrated with great enthusiasm by residents. But I missed the earthshaking...
For the past few days everything has struck me as completely hilarious. It's that stranger-in-a-strange land complex that occurs when you realized how suddenly of your own country you really are. And India just...
