My entire life I have wanted to travel to India, but now that I am here, I don’t believe it. Despite being thrown into the sights, sounds and intensity of New Delhi, I feel that my body is an empty vessel and my mind isn’t awake. While attempting to immerse myself, I find it […]

As cliché as it may sound, in a span of a whirlwind month, Delhi has become one of my favorite cities in the world. Any time I try to decide what to post about, I panic – there have been so many experiences, ranging all the way from heartbreakingly difficult to near-euphoria. Looking back at […]

  The heart of Delhi is, through my eyes, defined by the sum of its ‘pockets’ of character. Though there are not always clear divisive lines, each hub of the city is separate not just by obvious divisions of language or religious affiliations, but also in more nuanced ways- dietary practices, the symbolic use of […]

  Namaste Y’all, My time in Delhi has been simultaneously fun and difficult; I find myself constantly adjusting, reflecting, and engaging with my surroundings. All five of my senses have been fully stimulated. On one of my first jet-lagged nights in Delhi, I found myself reflecting on a quote from Charlotte’s Web. The quote is […]

Clients of RikiRam’s musical Instrument store include: Pandit Ravi Shankar, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Alla Rakha, The Beatles, George Harrison, and hundreds more of India’s best classical musicians. Upon entering the quaint shop, I saw sitars, sarods, tabla, harmonium, and tanpura lining the walls along with hundreds of pictures of his more […]