Archive for December, 2004

Adjusting

After three and a half solid months of eating bites of rice, dal and subzi (vegetables) squeezed in slabs of chapati, the palate rejoices with a McChicken burger and a pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut. While I don’t usually frequent these restaurants in the US, the impossibility of me eating there in Varanasi was what […]

What does the future hold?

One day left. We have only one day left here in India, this land of beauty and contradiction. I try to focus on the last paper I have to write, but I am overwhelmed with complex feelings of happiness and sadness, anticipation and reluctance.

Diwali

This picture was taken on the 26 of November, on the holiday of Dev Deepavali. It’s celebrated 15 days after another holiday, Diwali, a great festival of lights during which everyone sets off fire crackers and plays with sparklers. Houses and temples are also decorated with twinkle lights. For Diwali, I was in the northern […]

Visit to Timbuktu

Namaste! I am writing from our last field visit in the state of Andhra Pradesh. We are very close to the border of Karnataka, and actually, we are staying in a place called Timbaktu. Timbaktu’s mission as a collective is to help people in the area live with sustainable lifestyles. We will spend four days […]

Final week

My final full week in London is approaching quickly, and I’m doing the cliche thing and reflecting on everything that has happened over the last fourteen weeks. Sometimes I just double take on myself and think, “Wow . . . did I really live all that?” I’m ready to come home, but at the same […]

The week in Udaipur

Hello, and this time from our home near Bangalore! Lindsey Reimnitz We just arrived home a few days ago after our 3-week field visit to the North. This past week was spent in Udaipur. We finally arrived at Udaipur after our delay in the Jaipur and Jodhpur airports (we’ve had the worst luck in airports […]