This is a guest post from my friend and travel buddy Shilpa, which she wrote after our recent ‘Tour de South India.’ Though she’ s traveled extensively in North India, it was her first trip down South.
I would be remiss if I didn’t begin the chronicles of our South Indian …
The NGO I work for runs a union for domestic workers in Chennai’s slums. They’re making significant headway in lobbying the Tamil Nadu government to set a minimum wage and ensure fair and safe working conditions for this group. Very cool. One of the projects I’m working on is to help create a job placement …
One of the things I love most about Tamil culture is the sense of sisterhood and comaraderie between women. For instance, women often call each other akka (sister) as a sign of respect. Girls call women older than them auntie. I hear these terms every day, but notice other customs as well. ...
Charyn Pfeuffer has written about food, travel and lifestyle topics for more than a decade and has contributed to more than 80 publications, including National Geographic Traveler, Seattle Times, DailyCandy.com, Read More >>
