In 1998, I visited India twice. The first trip, around May I think, was to fulfill a promise made in 1996 to Woodstock School, that when they got Internet access I would come and help train the staff in using the Internet. Which I did, and it was both fun and funny, but that’s another story.… Continue reading Travelling India in Luxury… and Out
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Benares: The Distilled Essence of India
I spent the academic year 1985-86 in Benares, India’s holy city on the Ganges, on the University of Wisconsin’s study abroad program. I was the only one of the group of twelve students who had previously been to India, but I was wrong in thinking that that prepared me for Benares. Benares is the concentrated… Continue reading Benares: The Distilled Essence of India
Seeing Beauty
Even in Places Not Famous for It (Like Milan) Rossella started high school last week, she’s going to liceo artistico (art high school). Monday was the first day of regular classes, so they’re moving through the timetable and meeting their teachers one by one. For religion class they have a Catholic priest, who nonetheless explained… Continue reading Seeing Beauty
Paul Hackney: Learning About India
filmed at the Woodstock Old Students’ Association (North America) 2003 reunion Paul reminisces about what he learned about Indian culture from Indian friends and neighbors. More Woodstock Videos Tenzing’s Monkey Tales Mussoorie Monsoon Melody Tibetan Prayer Wheels at Happy Valley Cicadas Jana Gana Mana You might also like: No related posts.
A Day in Bollywood…in Locarno, Switzerland
We had a tremendously fun day yesterday. Thanks to Tom Alter, the Woodstock alum I mentioned a while ago, we got to hang out at the Grand Hotel in Locarno, Switzerland, where an Indian film is being shot. It’s a complicated thriller called “Asambhav” (“Impossible”) involving several gangs of malefactors plotting to kidnap India’s president. Of course… Continue reading A Day in Bollywood…in Locarno, Switzerland