Well. After several years, several detours, several mistakes and several lonely nights, i am finally home.

Upon returning from India last week with a very programatically successful trip but the dispointing news of Echoing Green, I found myself very alone up there in Portland. Having never really existed there professionally, the little town looked like a big nut to crack while trying to fund Gamanam.

A phone call from a friend in the Bay Area extending her home to me for "as long ... read more

Technically I am supposed to head back to the US on Monday... Although, after being here for over a month I realize that I need to work on several things and being here would be ideal- BUT>>> I need money...

So here are the reasons I need to stay:
1. Drafting the curriculum over the internet is doable but will be challenging given the language issues
2. After my trip to Kolkata, I want to explore a more comprehensive rehabilitation strategy that includes the dance but is more focused on ... read more

I have a total of 10 minutes to get this email out.
Most of you know that I have been competing for the Echoing Green fellowship and have been working my butt of to jump through all their hoops... Well, yesterday, the faitful email came... And it looked a little something like this:
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Dear Davis -

Echoing Green regrets to inform you that your application is no longer under consideration for our 2006 fellowship program.

We want to thank you for being a part of our... read more

Does anyone out there have a lap-top that they can donate to the project. It does not have to be a super fast one or have wi-fi. Mostly it will be used for word processing and emailing.
My colleague Sohini desperately needs one so that she can travel around doing workshops and keep up on our work and keep it all in one place.

So, if anyone has recently upgraded and would like to donate one to a good cause, please send me an email. I think it can also be a tax deductible contribution at... read more

Yesterday was another incredibly full day. We started our morning in the West Bengal Agency for HIV positive people. It is a government arm that works with the positive population in WB... According to them, they have 10,000 people registered in their network and 65% of them are women. Most are from predominantly poorer sectors of society so most are not able to access the cocktail drugs that we might use in the US. I am really skeptical that out of a population of 14mili (in Kolkata alon... read more