In the city of Kochi, along the shore of the Arabian Sea, fishermen are famed for using age-old techniques derived from China (and, I learned, from Portugal as well). Encouraged by Ragini Gupta of the U.S. Consulate to check out these fellows (despite my exhaustion on that busy day), I headed toward the array of … Read more
Earlier in this trip (I’m writing to you from Mumbai, the fourth of six cities in this India tour), when we were in Chennai, one of our hosts, Ratna Mukherjee of the U.S. Consulate, woke us relatively early so we could visit the famous Kapaleeshwarar Temple. Outside there is a vestibule where everyone takes off … Read more
Greetings from Mumbai, where I am ensconced in my hotel room. I’ll be performing Citizen Josh this evening at Mumbai University. (Showtime is 6:30 p.m., for those of you in the area.) In my room they’ve left these two specimens of a rather testicular-looking fruit. Can anyone identify them? Are they safe for consumption? And … Read more
Here’s a tiny video teaser from Chennai, the first stop in my current tour of India with Citizen Josh. (Right now I’m in my third city, Bangalore, and about to set off for Mumbai.) My guide is the charming Ratna Mukherjee, of the very hip U.S. Consulate in Chennai, which is the capital of the … Read more
A few months ago I received an email from someone at the U.S. Consulate in India, inviting me to submit my solo show Citizen Josh for inclusion in a theater festival there. I was shocked and delighted to get this message, instantly replying that I’d love to apply. In the succeeding weeks, after I didn’t … Read more