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When the Persian King Darius I conquered the lower basin of the river in the late sixth century BC, he established a new Hindu province. The river was known to the Greeks, the Persians' arch-rivals, as the easternmost part of the Persian empire. Their historian Herodotus referred to it as Indus or Indos. Alexander the Great reached the river after destroying the Persian empire (but was stopped by a local ruler, Puru). Later, Muslim conquerors and would-be conquerors dubbed it Hindustan, which also represented the faith of the majority of its people.

As I am now back home, I'm reminded that my favorite thing about my hometown is that I have an abundance of access to museums, art galleries, cultural events and libraries upon libraries full of world literature that I loved and somewhat forgotten as I, ironically, traveled to actually experience these different cultures first hand. Strange isn't it? I guess I'm more comfortable with books and artifacts, and perhaps a bit less so with the real deal. I'm always happy to experience them, of course, but I do feel that I need periods where I can go home to reflect on these experiences and be grateful for them.

The Monkey King is a Tin Neon Pang bas-relief made in 1984. It is located on Saint-Urbain Street, south of De La Gauchetière Street, in Montreal’s Chinatown.

The Journey to the West is based on a true story— the legendary pilgrimage of a seventh century Buddhist monk from Chang’an, Xuanzang, who traveled to the “west”— that is Central Asia and India, to obtain Buddhist sacred texts and then returned to China after many trials and suffering. He made this historic pilgrimage to India along the Silk Road, travelling one of the longest and oldest trade routes known to mankind.

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