For six weeks in 2010, I wandered the streets of Delhi, and then parts of Rajasthan and Kerala in India. Before I left, India seemed so large and overwhelming. Once there, I learned that, for me, the charm of India lies in its people, and in slowing down and taking it one person at a time. There is an openness to living there--both figuratively and literally--that just doesn't exit in the west, where people live and work largely in seclusion. The more people I met, the more I started to feel a connection with India.



This book is about some of those people I encountered along the way.