Suggested books and websites:
1. The Village of Melemchi
2. Gandhi's Autobiography
3. "Songs of the Saints" by Hawlly
4. Speaking of the Shiva, R. Nujan
5. Power Politics, Arundhati Roy
6. Himalayan Herders, Naomi Bishop
7. The Struggle for Modern Tibet:The Autobiography of Tashi Tsering, Goldstein,M.
8. Circling the Equator, Mark Twain
9. The Mourning of the Magicians
10. Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches, Harris
11. Between the Dragon and the Eagle
12. Cedars of Lebanon
13. The Play on the Fields of the Lord
14. Bowling Alone (Ryan Redmond's recommendation)

Me in a tea field, December 2004
Kerala, India

NEH Institute 2006 Famous Quotes

1. “Lama Leonard” (Mary Elizabeth)
2. “the goat is a trope” (Ricks)
3. “Multi-valent” (Todd)
4. “You are what you think.”
5. “His hand-writing is not rightly good, but it is better than mine.” (Sarah Levine)
6. “You can pursue it on your own karma.” (Todd)
7. “Blow me, she gave birth before her daughter-in-law.” (Sarah Levine)
8. “Man, I need a beer!” (Leonard)
9. “Most days I am a Buddhist.” (Todd)
10. “If you want to hear me, let me know.” (Leonard)
11. “Not a noga option.” (Susan Young)
12. “ that prostrating man… he is a wild and woolly man” (Sarah Levine)
13. "Can you hear that?" (all of the guest speakers for the back of the room)
14. "Get the heck out of Darj." (Leonard)
15. "Where's the yak?" (Jim)
    16."The British - a noteably unreligious race." (Ainslie Embree)
    17. " The youth of India are now studying economics, computer science, not History or English - I am glad to see that they are studying something useful." (Ainslie Embree)
    18. "You can ask questions on any topic. Well, except sex, I am deficient in that subject." (Ainslie Embree)
    19. How is a non-caste member viewed in the village?..."he is treated like a prestigious person who has a wretched disease." (Prof. Gerald Berreman)
    20. "Hey, talk to me." (Berreman to Kirdu)
    21. "that question lingered me" (Prof. Keiko Yamanaka)
    22. What a job..."a labor union representative for migrant workers"
    (Prof. Keiko Yamanaka)
    23. "people that have a trans national background" ( Prof. Keiko Yamanaka)
    24. "And I would like to have a few hundred bucks from you" (Kirdu to Berreman)
    25. "I thought it was odd that you were interested" (Ainslie Embree)
    26. "No worries, I will always get back to my outline." (Bill Fisher)
    27. "Private-Pubic Partnerships" (Nepal in the 1980's , Bill Fisher)
    28. Sacrificing the chicken... "I am Buddhist, but this looks like Hinduism"
    (Kirdu as told by Prof. Gerald Berreman)
    29. "The mother-in-law tells you how many dumplings everyone will eat... you can see what happened to me." (Todd)
    30. "Here is your beatle nut back buddy." (Berreman)
    31. "We will reconvene at 2:53!" (Leonard)
    32. "Prostitution is illegal... but I do not know if it is legal." (Dr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha)
    33. "If you want to find the correlation, you will find the correlation." (Dr. Narayan Kaji Shrestha)
    34. "1,000 or 100,000 blooming lotuses - whatever it is, there were quite a few flowers." (Leonard at Lauran Hartley's presentation)

35. “My true religion is kindness.” (Dalai Lama XVI)

36. “Race is an adaptation to climate.” (Charles Ramble)

37. "There is nothing we cannot understand." (Ainslie Embree)

Puja... to Todd and Leonard for a terrific and tremendous NEH Institiute!
I loved it and I cannot wait to experience Nepal, Tibet, Sikkim and Bhutan for myself- you both have inspired me to travel there! Thanks!