Kolkata: I had met Rabial Mallick earlier this year in the Philippines and knew that he had been involved in building community organizations throughout India from his home base in Kolkata, so high on my “wish” list for this visit was to find him and get a better grasp of the work.  I had been virtually …

Chennai:  Chennai (formerly Madras) is in the southern part of India on the coast.  A big city of almost 6 million, Chennai still felt more accessible and one almost dares to say manageable after the constant chaos of Mumbai.  The heat and humidity also felt like home in New Orleans, and talking to one of …

Mumbai:  Making our way through the steamy morning of Mumbai with cars careening within millimeters of each other amid the constant symphony of tooting horns — one of the few traffic safety precautions on the streets of the city!  We were unprepared for the relative calm of the bustling campus of Mumbai University, where our …