December 2009
3 posts
Home!
Hi all! I’m safe at home and happy as a clam. I will post some final pictures soon!
All my love,
Anna
And I'm Free!
With my 33 page research paper on the life of Nur Jahan turned in Tuesday evening at 5 and my presentation over 20 minutes ago, I can’t even begin to describe the bittersweet emotions coarsing through me right now. I’m returning home in less than three days with the distinct feeling that I could stay in Delhi and India for another 3 and a half years and not have seen or experienced all...
November 2009
3 posts
October 2009
7 posts
Back in Delhi and it feels so good…
What’s that in the air? Delhi feels a bit brisk in the morning (heavy emphasis on the bit)! Hello, Fall and 75 degree days!
I am happily situated back into my lovely homestay after the 18 hour train ride back from Jaisalmer, a quaint desert town in the heart of the state of Rajasthan. Five other students and I were treated to a week-long workshop focusing on Rajasthani folk music and dance, led...
Diwali Mubarak! (Happy Diwali!)
Namaste from Delhi! I’m home now after the most wonderful 7 day excursion and elated (yet a bit sad now) from a superb albeit brief three-day visit from my very own pita-ji (father)! It would be hard to describe either set of events in full detail but suffice it to say that I am supremely happy and thoroughly worn out.
I believe a brief description of excursion is in order, although my hundreds...
September 2009
4 posts
Mujhe bhuk lagee hai! (I am hungry!)
This title is deliberately misleading, as I am rarely hungry in India, a country which seems to take nearly as much pride in its cuisine as it does its films. Having finished yet another sumptuous and sleep-inducing lunch at the program center, the topic of food in India is fresh in my mind (and stomach).
While the most common denominator of an Indian meal is without doubt roti (in hindi, bread,...
Two Weeks
Hello all! I promise I’m alive and well and that my internet absence is due to exciting events and travels and not a lack of desire to share my experiences with everyone. With that said,
I’m back at school for a full week after a brief but extremely memorable visit to Amritsar, the capital city of the Indian state of Punjab. While known for its incredibly rich (we’re talking...
Namaste!
Hello from Delhi! Quick computer break at school before lunch on the roof (!) and shopping for more appropriate, traditional Indian suits this afternoon. Delhi is wonderful and wonderfully hot. Our program house (aka school) is located in South Delhi, in Lado Sarai (yes, google maps works) and is in an odd neighborhood which contains such juxtapositions as architects offices and fashion designers...
August 2009
3 posts
14 Days
On the bookshelf facing my bed is a book which title reads, “India File”. Staring me down all summer, its title serves as a constant reminder not only of the trip I will embark on in 19 days, but the somehow former me which purchased the book early in my freshman year of college. The Bob Marley calendar hanging in my room is firmly tacked to the month of July, I haven’t yet found...