Updates from Hari!

Hello MASMers!

Hope everyone's well! I apologize for not being able to post for a while. Unfortunately, this is a bit of a hurried post... Just wanted to let you know that I will be leaving for India this coming Thursday and will be there for 2 weeks (I am visiting after 27 months, so you can imagine how excited I am!). It looks like the travel isn’t going to stop! That's how I want it to be :)

Here are a couple of pictures from my France trip this summer. The first is in front of the Basilica church in Lyon, France. The second is meant for Baris and Burcu – and Jen too, I guess, since she’s part of the Turkish gang now :)! It’s a restaurant I saw in St.Etienne, France, where the conference I attended was being held.


And finally, for more pictures from all of my trips this summer, see slide shows of my Mexico trip, France trip, and South Dakota and Pine Ridge reservation trip.

Adios, until next time!

Pictures from Mexico

I've been wanting to post pictures from my Mexico trip for a while. So here they are now! Just as background, I traveled to Mexico with archaeologists at University of Arizona. We visited some 700-year old sites near the city of Nuevos Casas Grandes, in the northern state of Chihuahua - the largest state in Mexico. We also went to a village called Mata Ortiz, where we met artisans who have recently developed a pottery tradition inspired from pots found at these archaeological sites.

So to begin with, here's a picture of a portion of the ruins at the site of Paquime (this picture doesn't do justice, I think, but it's the best I have):

Here are a couple of examples of contemporary pottery at a gallery in Mata Ortiz.

And here I am posing with Juan Quezada, the man whose efforts since the 1970s have led to the pottery renaissance.

I walked around the city of Nuevo Casas Grandes by myself quite a bit, and found these interesting abandoned food stalls (not too many surprises there given my interest in food :)) by the road side:

Finally, a depressed me, back in my office! :)

I also have other pictures of my trip here.

On an unrelated note, I've been posting (and writing in general) quite regularly on my blog. You can check my most recent posts/articles at: http://thirtylettersinmyname.blogspot.com/