Archive for Lindsey Reimnitz
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Excursion to the Ganges
Today began long before most of my days begin. We woke at 5:00 in order to drive to the banks of the Ganges, where we hoped to watch the sun rise over the holy city from a boat on the river. In the Hindu religion, the Ganges is a place where pilgrims come to have […]
Vacation
Namaste, friends and family! So we’ve spent another week at Visthar, and I finally wanted to tell you about my vacation last week! Vacation began on Friday, October 22. I decided to travel up the southern part of Kerala with my friends Britanee and Erin. We headed to the train station at 8:00 at night. […]
Bollywood, Sufi shrines, and more!
Today, as a part of our Religion and Cultures of India module, we traveled to the ancient Channekeshava Temple at Belur and the Hoysaleswara Temple at Halebid in Karnataka. About the Hoysaleswara Temple, my guidebook writes, “Every centimetre of the outside walls and much of the interior is covered iwth an endless variety of Hindu […]
My first India post
Namaste friends and family! I hope this email finds you all doing well and enjoying the beautiful colors of the Fall. I just returned from field visit number 2, where I was stationed in the town of Mananthavady in the Western Ghats of Kerala. Kerala is definitely the most beautiful place that I’ve seen yet: […]