India
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A China Guy Goes To India (3): Religion
As we were preparing to set off on our India trip last month (earlier posts here and here) , sitting in a local airport, I happened to be reading a story in The Economist which referred to India… Continue reading
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India Pictures
I seem to be coming down with another cold. Ever since I returned from India I have been battling one minor illness after another – perhaps the physical stress of that bad day in the Delhi airport weakened… Continue reading
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A China Guy Goes To India (2): Caste and Democracy
(Cross posted on China Digital Times) Before I jump into today’s topic – caste and democracy – let me just note two newspaper stories that speak to my last China/India comparison. They both deal with the changing role of women… Continue reading
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A China Guy Goes To India (1): Tradition and Modernity
My two week tour of India (Mumbai, Rajasthan, Agra, Delhi) has brought comparison with China into my mind. This is the first of three posts on those comparisons. This story is cross posted on China Digital Times, as will be… Continue reading
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A Bad Day at the Delhi Airport
We’re home now, back in rural northwestern Massachusetts, quite literally a world away from India, but only after a harrowing and frustrating struggle at the Delhi airport. It was something out of a bad movie. When we… Continue reading
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Agra and the Taj
Let me be a tourist for a moment, because that is what I have been for the past two weeks… The Taj Mahal is extraordinary. Yesterday we went to the "baby Taj," a tomb/memorial for the… Continue reading
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Tigers and Temples and Tikka
It has been hard to find time in a hectic schedule to post from India. But here I find myself with a few moments in the dusty town outside of Ranthambore National Park (where we saw tigers today)… Continue reading
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Lieh Tzu Responds to Mencius on Equality
However, although the shapes and energies of things differ, they are equal by nature, none can take the place of another, all are born perfect in themselves, each is allotted all its needs. How do I know whether they are… Continue reading
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Mumbai
I have found moment in my rushed touring schedule to sit down at a machine and post on my initial impressions of Mumbai. It is a vast, sprawling city, capturing the dual nature of the society and economy… Continue reading
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Inequality
India will confront me with inequality, stark and extreme economic inequality. And that brings me back to Mencius, who says: "…inequality is in the very nature of things." (95). When he says that he is specifically referring to prices… Continue reading
The Useless Tree 