Pleasant Surprise

So, apparently my tireless admiration of my fellow Morehouse Alumn's antique maps have paid off. In Dowin and Renu's (also known as Downu) largess I have become the newest recepient of the most incredible antique map this side of the Pecos. You evacuate some folk from (seemingly) Category 5 hurricanes and they get all 'thankful' and whatnot. But clearly they can never be as thankful as I. So, we all know that I love all things geopolitical, any and all maps, and of course a notorious fascination of the subcontinent, its people, and....pause...its food (read ambrosia). What better than a gift of a 1855 (or pre-Morehouse) map of British India? HOLY MASALA! While ordinarily the sight of words like "British India" or "Colonization" brings a quiet tirade of historical grievances, in this case, we'll have quite the gorgeous pre-Partition conversation piece, won't we?

Thanks guys, from the bottom of my pseudo-desi heart.