How I Helped Break the Panama Invasion News — Then Got My First Massage...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—In Central America, I must mention my visit to Panama and Honduras.
In Panama City, I was amazed at the number of Indians...
My Unexpected Encounters with Indian Leaders in Mexico: Power, Simplicity, and Surprise: Memoir-29
By Upendra Mishra, Author of After the Fall and Precise Marketing
BOSTON--Growing up in India during the 1970s and ’80s, celebrity culture was deeply embedded...
Love, War, and the Wire: A Foreign Correspondent’s Coming of Age in Mexico City-...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON – Finally, after three intense months of proving myself, I received news I’d dreamed of: I was going to be a...
Saved by the President’s Niece: Guns, Gods, and a Spiritual Odyssey Through War-Torn El...
By Upendra Mishra, Author of After the Fall and Precise Marketing
BOSTON — I have wandered through many countries, but few journeys etched themselves so...
My Journey Without My Mother, Part 3: Leaving the Village at Age 11 –...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—My life in the village lasted until the fifth grade, possibly until I was about 10 or 11. The school building we...
My Journey Without My Mother, Part 6: My First Crush and the Biggest Lie...
BOSTON – After my uncle upgraded our living quarters in Sitapur and I graduated to the 9th grade, my teenage hormones started to stir....
Memoir 24: You May Kiss the Bride, the First Fight, and the Battle With...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON, 1990 — I arrived in Boston a week before my wedding, just as planned. Kamlesh Mira—my college friend from Allahabad University—and...
Nude Beaches of Norway and the Earthquake That Shook My World: My Journey Without...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON — While in Costa Rica, I made so many friends from all over Latin America who had come to attend the...
The Night She Kissed and Disappeared — and the Question That Made a U.S....
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON--Before heading back to Los Angeles, I remember the Delhi bazaars vividly. They were alive with color and chaos. I stocked up...
Memoir 25: From JNU to Lake George — With Pramod Sinha, A Friendship That...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON — This week, my plan was to write about my time in Mexico—those whirlwind years as Bureau Chief for United Press...