Into the marrow

She will haunt me, this I know."I am happy," she says, and she means it.  Even if she did not speak those words, her countenance belies this simple truth:  She is happy. Kiran invited us to her home today, a 4' x 6' shoebox in the heart...

Village people

Seeing my life flash before my eyes has become routine in Calcutta; after a 90-minute, harrowing, honk-accompanied bus-transferring-to-rickshaw ride, we reached our rural destination, one of Compassion International's Child Survival Programs.  Because...

Pride and prejudice

Standing inside their doorway, him dressed in stoicism and a stained white tee, her draped in demureness and a cheerful pink sari, they invited us into their home.  It was the first time I've ever been invited straight to someone's bedroom the moment I...

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