O.K., I’ve been driving my motorcycle in India for 6 months now, and it’s time for a preliminary analysis. I live in a small city of about 1,000,000 people (here, we would say 10 lakhs people; it makes it sound even smaller), and we only have a few “main arteries” meant to handle the bulk of the traffic. It keeps a LOT of vehicles and pedestrians in VERY...

What does a bribe look like? Is such a thing culturally defined? If you’re reading these posts, you might be waiting for the rest of the story in the installation of my broadband connection by BSNL. As promised, this little project is indeed providing more learning opportunities (more than I wanted, for sure!!), and I wanted to treat you to an inside peek into one...

Everyone loves their mother tongue. And you’ll find out just HOW MUCH you love yours when you’re living in a context where you can’t use it! As you move through the stages of increasing proficiency in a second (or third, etc.) language, you’ll be able to express yourself more and more freely. You’ll even experience the strange phenomenon...