Like nearly everyone I know, I am riveted to the TV screen as one reporter after another updates us all on the latest news from Ukraine. Like nearly everyone I know, I am filled with horror as I watch the footage: people flee; they camp out in underground train...

It seemed like I had been wanting to go to India my entire life. That wasn’t strictly true of course but, as the years cycled by, it came more and more to seem that way. Even after we started to travel more, India wasn’t working for us. The reason? My husband and I...