July 2010
10 posts
June 2010
20 posts
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned on this Watson year it’s always choose the...”
May 2010
2 posts
April 2010
3 posts
Iran's Jack The Ripper (Turned Folk Hero) →
Macau TIP Report →
Macau HT Info →
I’m heading to Macau, the Las Vegas of Asia, tomorrow and wanted to give you all a little background info…
March 2010
7 posts
January 2010
4 posts
Ruby's Fantastic Blog!! →
Ruby is my friend. She is a member of Apne Aap in Kolkata. Today I helped her make a new blog. Please go read it!
First Conviction Under NYS Anti-Trafficking Law →
New Years
The first time I visited a Hindu temple was a few weeks ago with Kanakdeep. (He’s technically Buddhist, but here Buddhism is mixed with a lot of Hindu undertones since the majority of Dalit villages converted en masse in the 1950s.) The experience of the temple is not nearly as relaxing as I imagined it would be, but that’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it. We prayed to Krishna, Ganesha,...
I don’t like complaining about a country or culture in my blog posts. My research topic is depressing enough without focusing on all the little day-to-day annoyances that come with living abroad anywhere. Plus I love it here and don’t want to taint anyone’s image of Bombay. Still, it’s important to give you folks at home the full picture. The ups and the downs. Yesterday an American friend who has...
December 2009
18 posts
Sanlaap →
One of the organizations I’ll be working with in Kolkata next week!
“I hate my wife. She talk too much—”
– Thai sex worker making fun of a client while getting a pedicure in a Bangkok salon
Bangkok, Making Beauty
Sex tourism is impossible to escape in Bangkok. Even at our nice hotel (chosen for its distance from Nana Plaza and Patpong, the major red light disticts) it’s still in your face 100% of the time. Leaving the pool to grab more sunscreen from the room I passed a fat British man in his sixties sporting the terribly stereotypical sex tourist costume: khaki shorts, socks with sandals, tucked in...