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 … Continue reading Women of Agora – A Senior Project
Category: India 2017-18
Friendship, Sisterhood, and Growing Up
By Hannah Duke In America, things become too easy, too simple for us to even think about what we are doing while we do them. For instance, washing the dishes is a task that does not take much thought for many of us. We rinse the dish off, perhaps, and then toss it in the dishwasher … Continue reading Friendship, Sisterhood, and Growing Up
When I Close My Eyes
By Mariana Guzman The first time I closed my eyes was on the plane to New Delhi. All I could hear was the rumble of the engines, the squeaking wheel of the trolley cart and Mr. Cola snoring. It reminded me of the soft hum of my ac in my room just five short hours … Continue reading When I Close My Eyes
A Trip – A Community
By Han Zhou During the short two weeks, I have seen true India in my own eyes. It feels like I have just finished my first trip to India. Although there were happiness and sadness in the trip, every time tomorrow came in the trip it always brought more enjoyment. Obviously I have spend a … Continue reading A Trip – A Community
Ms. Smiley’s Pictures
Pictures from Uttarakhand
Pictures from the Andamans
Pictures from Delhi
Questioning Development
By Claude Owen We had to make choice the other day, between going off on a two-day hike with Pana, or staying in the village and immersing ourselves in the culture of the people. I was quite torn on this decision; on the one hand, there was coincidentally a wedding being held in the village—a … Continue reading Questioning Development
A Matter of Perspective
By Elias Gruner Despite all the adventures we went through as a group I wanted to talk about something else. Something only I perceived. My personal experience. I started to undergo my own adventures when we were in a remote village on Havelock, an island in the Andamans. We came there to see how … Continue reading A Matter of Perspective