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Women of Agora – A Senior Project
Hi all, Hannah, Blair, and I are seniors at Christchurch School. For our integrated senior project, we are working to give back to people who have become like family – the rural Himalayan community of Agora. We want to bring light to the lives of the women in the village. The three of us will…
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Photographs from New Delhi
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Photographs from Our Trek
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Photographs from time with the Gujjars
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Photographs from Agora
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Photographs from Corbett National Park
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Photographs From the In Between Places
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Photographs from Pancheshwar
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Home
By Lucia Rodriguez I know I have never been the best at goodbyes, but nothing could have prepared me for this one. Nothing could have prepared me for the feeling I would have going home, because it feels like i’m leaving home behind. Home in the chai five times a day, in the food made…
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Agora Poem
By Gidget Valadez — Mountains tower high To meet the heavens above Oh, to be a bird — Everywhere is lush Bouquets of roses burst Fragrant fuchsia blooms — Rain on the tin roof Wind blows in waves, thunder claps Pounding percussion — After the torrent Peace comes, followed by voices Of joyful children —…
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Lessons from Trips
By Praveen Rawat This is my first blog post in my life, I would like to apologize for any shortcoming and mistake. It is a bit difficult to tell everything in this post. It can be like when there is a hint that the finger tries to tell everything about the moon, but the reality…
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Some Pictures from the Assi Ganga Valley
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A middlesex Boy’s Utopia – A Natural Lifestyle
By Blake Berry The thousands of trees and butterflies that cover the vast mountains, the waterfall, the enormous rocks that have fallen from landslides, the valley between the mountains with the beautiful rolling river, the fast moving clouds that cover the valley in the morning, the terraces scattered about the mountainsides – all these are…
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Small Gestures & Genuine Appreciation
By Nacho Rodriguez For the first time in my life, I felt true appreciation from other families or people that you don’t know in the villages, especially Agora, for a little thing you do to help them. Tuesday, June 13th was our second day in Agora, and we were the whole morning meeting people in…
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The Assi Ganga Wilderness – Greeting the Gujjars
Today is a big day for our group. Under the cover of high clouds and cool temperatures, we’re heading out into the wilderness. Many of us have been looking forward to this day for the entire trip, as it really is a unique opportunity to experience a pristine Himalayan jungle. Even for those who haven’t…
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True Intelligence
By Peyton McDonald What truly defines intelligence? In the United States, the common metrics might seem quite simplistic – IQ tests, good grades, or perhaps admission to an Ivy League school. Yet, during my visits to India, the complexity of this question has become even more evident. New perspectives on intelligence are obvious particularly when…
