Mumbai    It seems almost trite to note the contradictions of Mumbai, since they are everywhere and all of the time, up close and in your face, but sometimes no matter the ever present cliche, it can’t be helped.    We started the day meeting with our friend, Chris Way, founder of Reality Tours, to continue our …

Mumbai    We arrived to find every seat packed in the meeting room at Xavier College that the Jesuits had offered us near Dharavi.  We waited outside because the100 folks in our membership meeting were transfixed watching “Waste,” a short documentary film on the work of our ragpickers made by our friend Parasher Baruah.  We heard …

Munich    Perhaps we will soon be pod people?       Changing planes in Munich for Delhi, I couldn’t help gawking at something on display in the airport as the wave of the future — a NapCab.  A place where you can cool out, take a nap between hella flights, use the internet, and whatever.  Maybe …