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The Good of The World
This was my first experience going to a temple in southern India. Last year on the trip, we only visited temples in northern India so I was excited to see the differences and the similarities. We got in a line and the first thing I noticed was how everyone was fascinated with us. They all…
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Rock
This was a really big rock so i had to post it 😊
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Let our voices be heard👫👬👭🌏
It’s crazy how being in a different environment with different people with different customs can change the way you think of the world you live in . Today’s lectures, sights and activities in Madurai made me realize that if I ever thought that life was hard for me in the US I needed to reevaluate…
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Temple
Today we visited a temple and what really suprised me was the fact it was nothing as i invisioned in my head. In reality the concept i had in my head was worship and praise dress code and respect of rules but when i actually entered the temple it was a literal rip off. Seein…
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Visiting the Meenakshi Aman Temple
The other day we got to visit the Meenakshi Aman temple, which was a worthwhile sight and experience, but it was bittersweet because not all of us were allowed in. Part way through our tour of the place, I realized that our friend Ayan wasn’t there. She is Muslim, and they didn’t let her in…
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Feeling Blessed in Madurai
Today I feel blessed. Not in that joking, Instagram hashtag, emoji praise-hands way, but truly, deeply blessed. We arrived in Madurai by sleeper bus, which meant we were all sleep-deprived and cranky, but already I feel more at home here. Madurai is much smaller than Bangalore, and to me it feels more familiar, slightly more…
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Bangalore: Bandhs & Bargaining
As things tend to go when traveling in India, our plans for our first full day in Bangalore dramatically changed. Due to a citywide strike (i.e. a Bandh) that kept all transit off the road, from ubers to autorickshaws and everything in between, we spent our first full day in India inside our hotel, building…
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Arrival on the Subcontinent + Adventures in Bangalore
The first few days in India have been filled with new experiences. The thing that immediately struck me as we left the airport in Bangalore was the activity on the streets. Along with the hundreds of people crowding the roads, stray dogs and cows roam around, undisturbed. The drivers in India do not stay on…
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Sky Is The Limit
The plane ride was the best only because it was my first time writing a plane ever. At first I was so nervous/excited cause I never knew what flying on a plane felt like, but towards the end me being nervous went away. I didn’t get a window seat but still managed to get a…
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Reflections on Orientation
Our 2016 Leadership Collective Orientation at The University of Chicago was jam packed with workshops and activities focused on India, unpacking terms such as culture and identity, and developing a common foundation of topics and ideas to make our time in India as valuable and rewarding as possible. Students participated in hands on workshops led…