by Sean | Jan 16, 2013 | Food, Fulbright, Politics, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
Today marks the final day of the Tamil harvest festival, Pongal. The first day of Pongal is spent worshiping the Sun; the Sun is the giver of life, and without it crops would not grow. The second day is spent paying respect to cows. They are critical to life on a...
by Sean | Jan 16, 2013 | Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Travel
Go and come. Its an odd phrase; but it is commonly used in Sri Lankan English, and I’ve really grown to like it. I spent five days between Colombo and Galle last week, traveling around 850km by bus and train. It was a great couple of days. I had the best...
by Sean | Jan 15, 2013 | Fordham, Fulbright, Sri Lanka, Teaching English, Travel
I studied finance at Fordham. When I started University I was in the College of Business Administration; during my senior year we became the Gabelli School of Business, thanks to a major contribution by Mario Gabelli. During my four years there I had a lot of...
by Sean | Jan 14, 2013 | Fulbright, Sarvodaya, Sri Lanka, Travel
Back in November, which seems like an eternity ago, I taught my students about the American Festival of Thanksgiving. I compared Thanksgiving to the Hindu festival of Pongal, which is celebrated in January. Pongal is a festival to celebrate the harvest. Pongal...
by Sean | Jan 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
A part of my New Year Goals was to get more articles published. Well, here is the first one for 2013, published on Under30CEO: “Money is green. Distance is measured in miles. Twenty degrees is cold.” Depending upon where you are in the world this could be true, or it...