Category: India
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Western Things in a Whole New World
By Pierson Teer The day we arrived in India brought a whole lot of new feelings. As soon as we stepped foot out of the airport, the city of New Delhi met us with an immense feeling. The loud noise of cars zooming by like the airport road was a highway. The distinct smell of…
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A Land of Extremes
By Garrett Fritzlen When I first came to India, I didn’t have any idea what to expect. I tried not to have expectations before the trip because I thought that would leave me more ready to be surprised by everything. I remember when I first stepped out of the airport, I could immediately tell we…
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Initial Observations
Today, the group crossed one of the most populated parts of India as we worked our way from the hustle and bustle of the capital city to Mussoorie, the Queen of the Hills, a beautiful colonial-era town perched on the first ridge of the Himalayas. The drive was epic, with something new to see at…
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Back Home (Away from Home)!
It was a long journey but we are all the way across the world in India! The group is doing so well. The group is settled into Hotel Grand Park Inn, CCS’ base in Delhi for the last decade. It’s so nice to be back. Despite the heat (look the heatwave up!) and the obvious…
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Halfway to India!
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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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Back in Abu Dhabi
With tearful goodbyes—well, see you soons—we left Suman and Praveen at the Delhi airport. From there, it felt a bit like a frantic dirge to get to our flight. But, we made it. We are here, in Abu Dhabi, safe and sound and a couple hours from boarding our flight to D.C. It’s hard to…
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The End of the Road
By Sam Christie As steam rose from the reaction of hand-flattened bread to a clay oven in an early morning breakfast, my first dose of India grabbed me by the mind and heart. As I began my list of firsts, I justified every ounce of excitement for what was to come by the shear reward…
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Thank You
By Hannah Duke A million thank you’s could never be enough for everyone on this trip—but I’ll try. Here goes: I’ll start with a thank you to Mr. Alter for all the time he devoted to organizing this trip for us. A thank you to Ms. Showalter for leading me by example during host family…
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8 March 2017
By Libby Nashwinter In the midst of our daily routines at home, we far too often fall into the trap of being too comfortable. We are too comfortable with the amount of knowledge we have, which allows us to pass by opportunities to learn more about ourselves, the world, and, most importantly, our place in…
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Change
By Alice Johnson What is change? When we think of change we automatically resort to our visual sense when, in reality, change can be demonstrated in many different ways. On the flight to the Andaman Islands from Delhi, I slept the whole time, so thinking about change was nothing my mind was pondering. Stepping off…
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Agora
By Evan Pausic I traveled to Agora with a story in heart and mind set out on an oath of discovery of places. Last week, I sat with an old man, fathers, grandfathers, farmers, brothers, young women, wives, students, young kids, mothers, and even a baby. Suman was my lingual and, more importantly, my emotional…
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Beauty in the Madness—A Reflection of Delhi
By Andrew Antwi You see the grey brown crowded and unpaved roads I see a puzzle You are disgusted by the trash all around I see a splash of rainbow You sneeze passing by the spices I taste hand-picked herbs ground by a mother’s touch, sprinkled on a farmer’s choice You see thousands of tangled…
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Live What You Love
By Margaret Wilson As I entered the fence of A.N.E.T., researchers immediately welcomed me and the rest of Christchurch students and faculty on the trip. With excitement and passion for their jobs, we were entered into a journey that would teach us about the environment on the islands and how it affects the people who…
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catch and release
By Jack Newton little fish slipped between my fingers their eyes marbles under water and their fins knives of paper sunbeams danced upon my wrists and set joyful bonfires all along the skin coral antlers pricked my feet their ridges like tiny backs nipping at the unprotected flesh There is no minimum size to these…