When we are not travelling our weekly schedule is fairly consistent. Every morning we have class from 8am to around 10 or 11 am. Then we take a break until 2pm, during which time we eat lunch. We have our second class of the day at 2pm and it usually lasts until around 4pm. All […]
Field Note for Independent Project
For followers of Islam, Friday is the day when one should come to the mosque to receive a sermon and worship with other members of the community. For Muslim men this is a requirement, but women may come as they please. In Jinan, there are three mosques that are all located within the Muslim district, […]
Insecurities alive and well ~ but so excited!!
There are roughly thirty-nine days until we leave for Ecuador. Thirty-nine! This is simultaneously enthralling as well as terrifying. It still doesn’t feel real. Alas, I must move past the point of denial and accept it. I chose Lewis & Clark for many reasons, but the overseas program was a definite factor. In my senior […]
Host Family
For my first week in Banaras, I stayed with a host family in the neighborhood of Lanka. They were a family of four who welcomed me kindly into their home. Ruchika and Sandeep were my host parents and Pari and Khushi, my host sisters. It was my first time having a host family so I […]
Confucius says…
Disclaimer: I meant to publish this more than three weeks ago, but thanks to shoddy Internet, it reaches you now. “Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn’t it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around […]