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Celebrating International Volunteer Day
I caught up with one of my nonprofit colleagues while I was in Singapore.  I met Jason Wee at the International Association of Voluntary Effort conference in Panama this past April.  Jason works on nonprofit engagement at the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre so you can imagine why we hit it off.  [...]

The next stop after India was Singapore.  I chose Singapore because I thought it would break up the flight between New Delhi and Sydney.  After I found out that they were hosting their annual marathon during the same time frame, I put out a notice to my friends that I would be running and I [...]

My Father’s VillagePictured: Me hanging out at the village with the next generation.
One day my father and I made a day trip to my father's village to visit his side of the family.  I had not been back to the village since the passing of my Dada (grandfather) over a decade ago.  The village has [...]

As Mumbai slowly recovers from the recent terrorist attacks, I have been reflecting on the long term impact it will have on the country both on a national and international perspective.   The initial shock wore off quickly and was followed by angry questions and accusations. All of the initial intelligence and the testimony of [...]

Pictured: The bride and groom of the wedding I attended.
A close family friend of mine, Ritu Sangwan, was in India to attend a family wedding.  Ritu has been a big fan of the blog since its inception.  In the spring, we exchanged e-mails on potentially meeting up during my journey when we discovered that we [...]

Pictured: The Wankaner Palace.
My cousin, Kesri, called me up and told me that there was only one train from the Pushkar area to his town of Wankaner and it was leaving that day.  I needed to be on that train otherwise I was going to have a tricky time getting down his way.  I made [...]

After our Habitat for Humanity build, I went back to New Delhi for a few days to see family and run the New Delhi half marathon.  The day after the run, I hopped on a morning train to Ajmer, a city just outside of Pushkar.  Truth be told–I didn't really hop on the train. Most [...]

A Fun Group of Volunteers 
Pictured: Kids in the village checking out the new volunteer team.
There is something to be said about the type of people that go on Habitat for Humanity Global Village build programs.  There is something unique about them.  They are adventurous.  They are passionate.  They are a hell of a lot of [...]