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Evasive Goa

There’s a lot to see in Goa, with a pretty spectacular nightlife, and fine entertainments all over the city.  It’s not just discos and clubs these days, and some new as well as traditional music and performance work is done here in Goa.  It only makes sense, since it has a very lively local population, [...]

President James K Polk’s Uncle One of Charlotte’s First Residents

Charlotte, North Carolina is not only the largest city in the state is full of great cultural attractions and also has an incredible history. It’s one of the oldest cities in the nation and the area that is now considered to be the city was first established in 1755 and it was incorporated and officially [...]

Great City’s Foundation

The name comes from the world Manna-hata which was written down in 1609 by Robert Juet, officer on Henry Hudson’s  yacht. The word Manna-hata means island of many hills by the Lenape people. These native Indians told Moravian Missionary John Heckewelder as slightly different name. Manahachtanienk, which means the island where we all became intoxicated [...]

Kolkata’s Favorite Sports

Like most of India, Kolkatans are mainly fans of Soccer (football).  The city, however, has been the home of many athletes that have won major competitions. Some of the winners of the summer Olympics include: Norman Pritchard, Richard James Allen, Leslie Caudius, Gurbux Singh, Dr. Vece Paes , Leander Paes and the more current most [...]

Young Artists Visit Fort Wayne Museum of Art

Troy and Gustav were both painters who had recently graduated from college with art degrees. There final project was a joint installation piece that had been picked up by a local gallery and was featured in one of the city’s recent first Friday downtown art events. They both felt good about the work and thought [...]

Old and new in Hyderabad

If you haven’t been to Hyderabad, India, in a couple of years, the first thing you may notice is that you’re now landing at a new airport.  Begumpet Airport is no more, made redundant by the opening of the Hyderabad International Airport , a year and a half ago, in March of 2008.  The old [...]

Eva Petric in Vienna

There are real Viennas and imaginary Viennas, and all of them are spectacular, and all of them are worth visiting while you’re here.  The city by day is rather different at night, but in all hours, there are multiple sides to Vienna, and multiple worlds here that exist simultaneously.  There are, of course, wonderful things [...]

Fort Lauderdale for Winter Fun

I’m already looking forward to our annual winter vacation in Fort Lauderdale, FL. It has been a particularly difficult year with all the economic ups and downs and all that has come with them.  We haven’t been able to take a break from the business all summer. With everything being as slow as it is [...]

Mumbai Artist Navjot Altaf

Visiting India is often a life-changing experience.  For millions of people, it is a homecoming experience, touching the roots of a bloodline that begins somewhere here in this vast and bewildering country.  For many others, it is also like a homecoming, and a means of experiencing another way of living that is beautiful and very [...]

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