From Scotland, they have decided to live in and work for developing nations. They've been in India for the last 3 years; Liz working on social development issues in Orissa and Craig working on disease alleviation in various parts of South Asia. Very inspiring couple… now with a 3-month old, beautiful son…whom they took to Rishi Kesh last week!

Last night Smita and I had dinner with them at their cozy home in New Delhi. Similar to the uniqueness of our Scottish friends, Smita has the distinct perspective of being truly Indian American, having spent about equally significant parts of her life in both India and the US. Along the lines of unique lives of non-Indians/semi-Indians in India, tomorrow I'll meet a Dutch friend from Auroville who'll be installing solar home lighting systems in Ladakh next week. ...Such blending of cultures in the spirit of service feel so right…though they couldn't have blended unless they were once separate.