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be my Valentine(s)

February 13, 2016February 13, 2016 wally mettsLeave a comment

We do well to be confused about the significance of this holiday, since the romantic notions have little to do with Saint Valentine himself. Whoever he was.

Posted in celebrationTagged hallmark holiday, valentine, young love

Letters from Bharat; from mud to marble

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 wally mettsLeave a comment

Whenever we visit IBS, we are met by bright, positive, eager young men and women who want their lives, and the lives of their families, to be different. And better. There is poverty, yes. But there in no poverty mentality.

Posted in commentary, culture, IndiaTagged Hyderabad, ibs, immanual Business School, india

they are playing our song

January 28, 2016 wally metts3 Comments

We have fallen in and out of love a hundred times, and we have seen the peaks and the valleys, from the sublime to the ridiculous. And we always come back to that covenant we have made and kept.

Posted in family, marriage, poetryTagged covenant, music, our song, peter gabriel, the book of love

Letters From Bharat: Oh, Calcutta

January 17, 2016 wally mettsLeave a comment

I wasn’t scared. I could easily have hailed a cab. I was just confused and wanted to find my way. On my own, if I could.

Posted in India, travelTagged calcutta, hostels, hotels, india, kolkata

Letters From Bharat: Sherpa

January 16, 2016 wally mettsLeave a comment

I’m not sure we will ever all come together as Michael Jackson's song suggests. But I'm pretty sure young Chenju will never work on a tea farm.

Posted in India, travelTagged darjeeling, sherpa, tea estates

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