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Day 15: Varanasi

I’ve never had such a love-hate rela­tion­ship with any­where on planet Earth as with Varanasi. Maybe for­eign­ers should be barred from this city. I don’t know. On one hand, this is a cul­tur­ally amaz­ing place. It’s among of humanity’s most ancient cities, and it shows; lay­ers of alley­ways and build­ings in degrees of decay bunch up …

03.13.2011 – 10:03:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Day 13: Khajuraho II

We were wrong to sec­ond guess the woman from the other day. She gen­uinely wanted our com­pany only, noth­ing more. We returned the next morn­ing where the woman, named Sayra, her eldest daugh­ter Anjum, and youngest Zeba were all work­ing on break­fast. The two girls worked in the kitchen, while Sayra sat on the floor in …

02.17.2011 – 9:08:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

10. William the Unready

The explo­sive story of William Pow­ers, a young man who’d rather hold his breath for eter­nity than face the tribu­la­tions of the world. And he suc­ceeds admirably for about six months. Pub­lished in the Spring 2010 issue of A Cap­pella Zoo.

07.24.2010 – 3:53:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Like Real Life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

All the Young Gents: A Look into the Lives of Madurai’s Young Men

Over the course of five weeks, I con­ducted inves­tiga­tive field research on the lives and influ­ences of col­lege age men liv­ing in Madu­rai, India. Is the boo­gie man of West­ern influ­ence really per­me­at­ing Indian youth cul­ture today? Or do they cling fer­vently to tra­di­tion and her­itage? Read and learn what I uncovered.

07.20.2010 – 10:58:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Ethnography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)