Ganesh Chaturthi
Editor’s note: Today begins the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, my favorite celebration in the Hindu calendar. This blog post from September 19, 2013 holds up pretty well as an explainer for many of the elements of the celebration. Ganpati Bappa Morya! Wednesday, 19 September marked the beginning of the 10-day festival Ganesh Chaturthi celebrating the […]
Shreya’s dream
The journey from Sikkim in the far north to Karnataka in the south isn’t just long; it’s arduous, entailing multiple long-haul trains. Such a journey would be difficult for a girl so young. I knew that. What I didn’t know is how to ask what I could not ask without asking.