*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #36, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. The most difficult part about traveling is the people you must leave behind. Other things can also go wrong: missing planes, losing luggage, items stolen, food...
Opium-Addicted Parrots Are Making Life Difficult For India’s Poppy Farmers
Birds. These guano bombers destroy everything, from our car windows and side mirrors to ill-fated fishing towns outside San Francisco. One day they’ll destroy the world. But for now, they’re here for our opium. Opium-addicted parrots are causing havoc on poppy...
Fashion East to West
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. As intricately embroidered blouses, vibrant floral kimonos, and brightly-colored tasseled earrings decorate department store racks this season, an Eastern flair is...
RVA Global: Ten Things You Never See in Richmond, But See in India Every Day
Bangalore, the capital of India's southern Karnataka state is an incredibly beautiful, vibrant, confusing, contradictory, and stunning piece of the country. As a friend once told me, "India will attack your senses." He was very, very correct. Living here for one month...
RVA Mag dines at Hyderabad Biryani House for Iftar
This past Wednesday, the owners of Hyderabad Biryani House graciously opened their doors to the RVA Mag team to celebrate Iftar, the evening meal in which Muslims end their daily fasting during the month-long Ramadan holiday. HBH is a little piece of India tucked...
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