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Thank you so much for following Beyond ESL. It has been quite a journey, and we are honored to share it with you. The pilgrimage continues to evolve, as Charlotte and I are now back in India, deepening our yoga studies and practice.
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Here you have them, the Top 10… not necessarily Indian Films… but Films of, or about India. These films have been carefully selected not only because they are my favorite, but because I believe they express the richness and diversity of Indian culture. This list is for anyone who is interested in India, but specifically [...]

Japan has Valentine’s Day fever. The stores are littered with pink hearts, chocolates are on sale, artificially bright flowers deck the counters.  It sure seems like the same Valentine’s Day we celebrate in the States…but wait there is a twist. In Japan the Valentine’s Day tradition goes like this: on February 14, the WOMEN give [...]

This week in Japan, was National Foundation Day, similar to the American holiday Independence Day…
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Except Japan is not celebrating an independence from a foreign reign per say (as America celebrates it’s freedom from the Kingdom of Great Britain), but rather Japan is honoring it’s own native legacy. Which as it turns out, is quite [...]

According to economists from a BBC post I read this morning, China has officially overtaken Japan as the world’s second-largest economy. This is no surprise, as everyone knows China’s production and economy is booming, and due to a large elderly population and less consumption, Japan’s market economy is more stagnant. However, the rate of China’s [...]