Overseas program(s):
India Fall 2015
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Adventure On A Bus - Before I begin let me give a little caveat emptor: This Post Involves Some Violent Content, Viewer’s Discretion Advised. India has been incredible, but there is too much to talk about. Here’s a story: So I was on a weeklong stint of independent travel with Lauren during late October. Catching a sleeper train […]
Some Time Spent In Chennai - Chennai was an interesting city to stay in. I had heard a mix of things before arriving. I had been told that it was a progressive city with friendly people and delicious food. I was told the beach was beautiful but dangerous. I was told that the city was “safe.” I heard it a city […]
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A Lifetime of Jury-Rigs - I have begun looking at articles on “jugaad” as the basis of my India abroad research paper. Jugaad is not a mere word; it is a mode of action, a philosophy of out-of-the-box thinking (or sometimes out-of-the-law thinking), and a generally creative and perpetually adaptive and unfinished form of problem solving. It is easy to […]
New Life in an Old City - I was asked to write a post that summarized my experiences in India thus far. I was told it could be about anything. I wrote one and in it I tried to summarize my thoughts and reflections but I really couldn’t give its worth. There has been so much and all of it, the beautiful […]
Caste & Class In The Modern Era - I intend to focus my research project on the development of the caste and class systems in India with significant interest on the effects of modernization on social mobility. I am particularly curious about the so-called “Scheduled Caste,” (Dalit) “Scheduled Tribe,” (Adivasi), and the “Other Backwards Class.” The OBC is a fluctuating governmental list of […]