India

I've been accosted for all manner of personal items on my travels. Life as a foreigner in most developing countries necessarily involves both subtle & fierce attempts on the part of locals to redress global disparity through small-scale wealth transferrence from you --> them. But today was ... Read More about Mumbai: “Ma’am, give me your water.”

"Lindsay Lohan never ceases to be out of the news" -- first sentence of the Calcutta Times, Wednesday. The buzz: she's dating a Bengali fashion photographer. The photo: her breasts, scantily clad with black lace. Pardon me? I thought this was Mother Teresa territory, the iconoclastic birthplace of ... Read More about Kolkata: newfound fan of fame