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I’m always interested in the ways that technology gives us unexpected insight into the world around. This New York Times article revealed that we might be able to use google searches as an early warning signal of fast spreading flu epidemics based on the density and number of “flu symptom” searches. And for anyone contemplating […]

I’ve now made this journey twice, and just like the last, after 7 days, I can’t look out the window at the people, anymore. I start reading signs on buildings, paying more attention to the details of the cars, avoiding the chaos and poverty. By the last few days of my trip, I’m slightly torn […]

On the road Saturday we passed this truck that had tipped it’s load.

After all the action yesterday, we took it easy only venturing as far as Canaught Place to spend money at Fab India and ride the Metro then cap the day off with dinner in honor of a baby’s first birthday. Delhi’s Metro is like another country. It is shiny and new, and someone taught everyone […]

We drove to the Taj Mahal (pronounced Tahhj Meyal), yesterday. It is roughly 200km, 4 hours drive from Delhi on a highway. Just like in the states, small towns have built up around the main road. In India, this is dangerous as it means that a constant stream of people, horse carts, jalopies powered by […]

Delhi has a well established Muslim population – according to one site, close to 12% of the population. Three times a day, cars and mosques blurt out the call to prayer. Muslims come in droves to the nearest mosque where prayer mats have been laid on the ground in the street. No one but the […]

For the most part, I’m not as in love with Delhi fair as I was with the food I ate in Bangalore. Everything here seems to have a strong diesel note to it. Everything from the water and air to the food. In the food, it could be the overuse of asafoteda, a finishing spice […]

One of the benefits to staying at this hotel for so long is we get the hotel car for 4 hours. We employed it to “take us to anything lit up at night.” Which brought us past Red Fort – a giant fortress that looks as though it takes up 1 square mile, Parliament and […]

Our office is on the 4th floor and has a patio overlooking the shops below. Here’s the view: Here’s a closeup of the cafe and barbershop