GANGTOK, India – Tashi Wangdi was dressed for his day off. He wore flip-flops, wind pants, a sweater, and a knitted wool hat. “I look like a Sikkimese farmer,” he said with a grin. His home in West Sikkim sits at over 5,000 feet on a hillside dotted with cardamom. It was a breezy April [...]
NAIROBI, Kenya – The midday lunch rush at Malindi Dishes Restaurant in Kenya’s teeming capital attracts people from all over the city. It’s a serve-yourself cafeteria-style place and patrons wait in a line that stretches out the door.
Malindi, from which the restaurant gets its name, is a small coastal city in Kenya. It is known [...]
DHARAMSALA, India – Their home is a single room with twin beds forming an L in the corner. They have one table, a bureau, a sewing machine, and a television draped with a white prayer scarf. On the walls are murals depicting the Buddha’s life, photographs of the Dalai Lama, and Free Tibet paraphernalia.
Ngwang Dopchung, [...]
