Reflections

Avuncular

I can’t quite remember the first time I heard it, nor why I was so drawn to it initially, but one of my favorite words has always been…

(Blank) You India

I moved back to the United States in June 2018 after nearly 6.5 years in India. If you’re more inclined to accuracy, I was a…

The Big Crick

I moved overseas in May 2010, first to Cambodia and then to India, with months-long sojourns throughout Europe and Central America…

After the Fire: One Year On

One year ago today, I blew myself up in a bonfire-gone-wrong, resulting in second and third degree burns that chewed up more than a quarter of my skin and earned me a two week stay in a burn-cum-trauma unit that kicked off the start of a healing process that continues today.

2,628,000 seconds, 43,800 hours, 1,825 days; 5 years

From Crisis, Hope

The Birth of Man

The Sudan region in which South Sudan was born has a rich history owing largely to…

Perspectives: The Field

A speculative piece on the day-to-day reality on the front lines of the Indian sanitation crisis — based on first-hand experience

Another Orbit ‘Round the Sun

Despite the fact that I am loathe to read the inevitable year-end retrospectives that dominate this time of…