From Delhi (DEL-high) to Delhi (Dilli) by way of Denali.
May 5, 2022 After receiving the notification that I was accepted as a participant in the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching (DAT) program to India, I couldn't help but think of the irony that I grew up in a suburb of Cincinnati named Delhi, spelled the same way as the Indian metropolis - Delhi. Of course only a small subset of folks (called Delhesians) would understand the absurdity, and this post is dedicated to them. While Delhi is the "floral paradise of Ohio," the similarities between the suburb and the fifth most populated city in the world ends with the parks. I grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio - where a ten minute distance meant a drastic difference in educational opportunity. Delhi (or specifically Delshire) was the affordable neighborhood that my single mother could afford to allow me to attend a "good" school district. In retrospect I would have been just as well educated in the district where I began my schooling, but on paper it didn't look