By Dave Silvestri NOVEMBER 27 – DUBAI, UAE: Although merely an extended layover for me en route from South Asia, for many Dubai is a place of escape. Step into the international airport, and you are bombarded by luxury boutiques, leather sofa high-class cafes, indoor palm trees, and elaborate holiday decorations. Jumbo LCD displays inviting […]
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By Dave Silvestri NOVEMBER 27 – SOMEWHERE HIGH ABOVE SOUTH ASIA: There are few experiences as humbling as staring out an airplane window at the Himalayan mountain range. Just days earlier, en route back from Delhi to Kathmandu to complete the Nepalese phase of our research prior to departing South Asia, I had stopped by […]
Read MoreLifeline in rural Rajasthan 0
By Dave Silvestri NOVEMBER 14 – RAJASTHAN / DELHI, INDIA: We couldn’t have squeezed another body on that bus if we had tried. The aisle filled with over a dozen standing passengers, and the rows on either side were packed three or four to a seat. Not to mention the several suitcases crammed like jigsaw […]
Read MoreA Better India, A Better World 0
By Dave Silvestri NOVEMBER 5 – DELHI, INDIA: A stray dog lazily sauntered up and collapsed for a nap on the grass beside me in Delhi’s Central Park, seemingly oblivious to my presence less than a meter away. By now long-since accustomed these cohabitating homeless canines, I apathetically let her slumber beside me and instead […]
Read MoreMore than a pit stop: Discovering self-empowerment in rural Nepal 1
By Dave Silvestri OCTOBER 18 – RURAL NEPAL: One by one, we ducked our heads under the low doorframe and filed into the dimly lit cylindrical meeting hall of corrugated tin. One by one they adorned our foreheads with their red mark of honor and cloaked our shoulders with their sash of welcome as we […]
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