Yesterday evening, I gave a presentation at the “University of San Francisco Center for Global Education (www.usfca.edu/acadserv/academic/services/abroad/index.html) about my books, Travel Happy, Budget Low (www.kaleidomundi.com/travel-happy-budget-low) and Language is Music: (www.kaleidomundi.com/language-is-music).
After spending months writing the books, working with the graphic designer to get them printed and strategizing on marketing, it was invigorating to make my [...]

Like many people around the world, I was glued to the TV last week watching the Mumbai terror attacks. My family was ready to eat Thanksgiving dinner and we delayed for about 15-20 minutes as we sat in silence watching the BBC reports from the Oberoi, Taj Majal hotel and other attacked areas in Mumbai. [...]