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Hope for Women

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

So, it’s come to my attention that my recent India entries, while true, missed a lot of the wonderful and “normal,” (i.e. not scary, outrageous etc.) experiences that I had this trip. One of the main purposes of our traveling up north was to visit and film some of the Fair Trade company, Hope for Women. The business, in which women attain self-sufficiency, dignity etc. while handcrafting greeting cards with flowers from the base of the Himalayas, is quickly expanding, and the idea was to document some background for possible promotional use, or just for the “records.”P6060264 (Small).JPG [read on]

Traveling Cheap

Monday, July 30th, 2007

So, this is a blurry picture (click on it and it’s bigger) of two lovely boys we met on the banks of the the Ganga in Rishikesh. They wanted to sell us flowers and fish food to put in the river — normallyP6130544 (Small).JPG I would have been embarrassed and somehow feel like I was a sucker, [read on]

I’m in the US (I think)

Monday, July 30th, 2007
So, I flew into JFK and am staying with my cousin in Manhattan for two days before going home It's a long story (when has that stopped me before?) but essentially I had about 10 hours to wander around NYC, ... [Continue reading this entry]

“I’m too scared to eat South Indian food”

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Im home, well not really actually. VT is definitely home, and I'm in NYC, which is DEFNITELY NOT home, actually I might feel more at home in some parts of India, but you get the idea (but that is the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Education and Tradition can co-exist

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
Wow, what a lame name for this entry, but it is actually what im trying to write about, so oh well, no need to be cryptic and try to write in my version of Hindi. In Puttaparthy, i met up ... [Continue reading this entry]

Sarees Vrs. Salvar Kameez and a quick note

Sunday, July 15th, 2007
Hola, so Evan nicely brought to my attention that the recent entries are password protected and not with elephant. Sorry, im sort of unorganized and dont have a pin drive or way to store my writing and I want it ... [Continue reading this entry]

Protected: Mana Mandira Tum ho Rama Sai

Monday, July 9th, 2007

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it’s like “un poco”

Monday, July 9th, 2007
Okay, this is from Agra, but I got behind. Basically, though most of Agra was overwhelming and we couldnt even leave the hotel without the someone saying "where are you going?" and then trying to convince us that we should ... [Continue reading this entry]

Protected: Prasanthi Nilayam! (pretend Anil Kumar’s voice)

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

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A(hhhhhhhhhh)gra

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
So, as I've said most of my trip thus far has been relatively hassle free, nice people, reasonable prices, etc etc etc. Then we went to Agra, (exasperated sigh inserted after the first syllable to represent, well, exaperation) but some ... [Continue reading this entry]