Author: Mark Egge

I attended recently an inter-faith dialog on topic of “the concept of God in Hinduism and Islam in the light of sacred scriptures,” sponsored by a Muslim educational group. In a loosely structured debate, Dr. Zakir Naik of the Islamic Research Foundation, a prominent Muslim scholar and orator, and Nobel-prize nominated Sri Sri Ravi Shankar […]

I love chai tea. Three times a day. At least. I love buying food on the street and having it served on a leaf. I love that I know more Indians who love Iron Maiden than Americans. I love being greeted when I walk down familiar streets. and I love being in a country that […]

Actually… my phone number hasn’t changed. I just figured out what you need to dial from the United States to make my phone ring. Try: +91.9880.2394.90 or, from a landline, dial 011.91.9880.2394.90. The phone system here in India– like a lot of other “systems” is kinda mess. I was trying to call a number in […]

I’ve uploaded some photos from my first week in India. The photos from Hyderabad are here:http://www.eateggs.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1298 Photos from Hampi are here:http://www.eateggs.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=1330The Hampi photos came out especially well. The color saturation of several photos has been increased, in addition to several photos being cropped. That aside, the photos are unaltered.

Every once in a while, a little piece of information (or a new trailer) emerges for The Fountain, and fans everywhere get their hopes up. And then months pass, and there’s no news. No news whatsoever. It’s been going like this for years. But, apparently, Rachel Weisz is five months pregnant with Darren Aronofsky’s child, […]