Last night I had the pleasure of taking Sharon Salzberg to see Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. It’s an odd mix of poverty, cruelty, deprivation and high-stakes game-show drama that culminates in Bollywood-style celebration. Go figure, but it worked. We were both pretty exhilarated—and winded—by the end of it. Over dinner the conversation drifted back to India, where Sharon spent her formative Buddhist years, a place she still considers her spiritual home. I’ve just received an email from Sharon tipping me off to her latest on the Huffington Post—her thoughts on India and the recent tragedy in Mumbai. You can read “Mother India” here.