Final Days: Wrap Up

Cover Photo: View from a hotel in Pune looking out over the city with a new Metro line under construction. In and Around CHennai

Waiting in Chennai

Cover Photo: Portion of the Chennai Government Museum. One of the coolest campus’ I’ve ever explored. Beautiful old buildings with a maze of paths and beautiful trees and vegetation. Chennai Since April 13th

Goodbye Trichy – Days 10-16

Cover Photo: Sunset view from the top of the Tiruchirappalli Rock Fort. April 7 – 13th

Trichy – Days 7-9

Cover Photo: Image of a few buildings in one of the many villages we visited. Photo: Suryakumar M There continues to be more and more press about my story and search. The most important of this press in terms of practical help are the pieces run in local languages and by local agencies. You can […]

Trichy – Days 4-6

Cover Photo: Image of the ceiling of tent we sought refuge under while investigating leads at a Roman Catholic church in Pudukottai (my purported birth village). Visit to Pudukottai and MUTHARASANALLUR Food

Day 2 & 3 – Delhi Ruled Out – On to Trichy

Cover Photo: Image of India Gate during Anjali and my morning walk circumventing the park. Photos From The Day First Four Images: India Gate from outside of the barrier (ongoing construction). Pretty red flowering plant on the grounds of the India Gate park. Yours truly in front of the India Gate with the Delhi sun […]

Day 1 – Jeewan Nursing Home

Cover Photo: Image of myself and another young boy at the orphanage/hospital in Delhi. March, 1991. Day 1 Photo Dump Photo Descriptions First four images are from 1991 when my father and I stayed in Delhi and visited the Jeewan Nursing Home. Image of our driver and his rickshaw and an entrance to a Jeewan […]

Dueling Narratives – India Itinerary 2022

There are two narratives that claim authorship over my origin story, or what remains of an origin story. The two narratives are not entirely mutually exclusive. The first one relies on written records and documentation provided by the orphanage where I stayed and issued by a South Indian court. The documentation has dates, official seals, […]

Searching 2022: Hopes and Wishes

Three years ago, almost to the day, I returned to India, landing in Delhi in the wee hours of the morning. I then hopped a direct flight to Chennai before taking an 8 hour train ride, in the blazing March sun of southern India, to Tiruchirappalli. Eight days after arriving in DelhiI I touched down […]

We Have Arrived

Being on a 15 hour flight is a little like hell. It is hard to believe it will end. Time ceases to cycle in the familiar ways. The sun still rises but it means less. Meals are brought out in what feels like arbitrary intervals and arbitrary purposes since I haven’t done anything to work […]