Yesterday I was walking in Chowrastra, the tourist area of Darjeeling. I had just gone by a small, private studio where I’d left some black and white film to be processed, or rather just the negatives.
The photo processing places don’t print black and white, so I searched out a fellow who had a small darkroom [...]
Kanchenjunga is not available, the tourists say in these parts. Or rather the Bengalis.
Darjeeling has been a home for people from other places for a long while now. And mostly because of its scenery, location, and, oddly, mild weather.
In comparison with the majority of West Bengal, the weather in Darjeeling is extreme: the days begins [...]
This is something new. This is something different. This is Darjeeling. It’s about as far from Birganj as I could go without leaving the subcontinent.
It’s India, but Nepali is the language, even as saturated with English and Hindi as it is. I’m starting to understand why people from Quebec call themselves French-Canadians. Here, people might [...]
Below is a copy of my official record of what I did as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal, sort of. After completing my service, this DOS will be the only record of my Peace Corps experience in Nepal.
And it doesn’t nearly express what my experience meant to me nor all the things that happened—good [...]
