Reflections on Oman, and Leadership
At Sea 1 Day out of Salālah En Route to Aqaba, Jordan* With no waking witness, the first milky light of day notched into the cabin around the time our ship slipped into port. A short time later, when the door chime announced breakfast’s arrival, the living room was fully lit in a diffuse glow. Salalah […]
Postcard from Mumbai
Arabian Sea Arriving Salālah, Oman Tomorrow, 06:00 Local Traffic, people in their many millions, abject poverty hard by opulence, layers of history sitting still stratified in their rich variety, strong and fervently practiced religious traditions living side by side (but perhaps not with quite the claimed level of total harmony), commerce trumping politics in a […]
Postcard from Mangalore
Arabian Sea 2nd day at Sea, En Route to Salilah, Oman Our second of three stops as we traveled north on the Malabar Coast was at Mangalore, a medium sized trade and commercial hub, in the state of Karnataka… and a place of no particular distinction. (When I asked our guide to describe what made this […]
Postcard from Kochi
After only the briefest of stays, in three port regions scattered across the western shores of this vast land, it’s impossible of course to give a fair accounting of a sprawling country of 1.3 billion, with a rich history that spans millennia — from before recorded time to today’s headlines. What is possible however, and […]
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