Harold Bergsma's Blog

Originally published on Desicritics 1/11/09 I watched a group of school kids being shepherded by their teachers on a cultural outing to the...

Originally published on Desicritics 8/15/08 The pain was almost intolerable. Burning, searing fire that ran down the side of my face onto m...

Originally published on Desicritics 8/8/08 Kids love it! They get to ride in Humvees or Black Hawk Helicopters and hold weapons and shoot a...

Originally published on Desicritics 7/16/08 We are the opium eaters; we are the consumers of the 6,500 tons of opium produced in Afghanista...

Originall published on Desicritics Kipling’s Jungle Book was my first introduction to secret India. How I fantasized as a child about Bhalu,...

Originally published on Desicritics Have the political environments of madrasas in two different countries affected their programs and curri...

Originally published 5/27/08 on Desicritics I found out yesterday that a good friend of mine, with whom I sing in the Unitarian Universalis...

Originally published 5/15/08 on Desicritics Two annas! I clutched the strangely shaped squared cupro-nickel coin in my hand as I stared at t...

Priginally published 5/14/08 on Desicritics The white canvas tent was stained the color of mud and clay on its bottom. Touches of greasy han...

Originally published 5/2/08 in Desicritics I have only watched the reconstruction surgery for a cleft palate and cleft lip twice, and it rem...