As I start my first week back at Michigan I reflect on all the things I did in India. My time was so crazy and rushed. An initial set of weeks simply adjusting to a reality so far from my own, one where I resembled no one near me, just as I was also an anomaly to the people of the streets on the outskirts of Jaipur. Walking to buy an ice cream or fruit at the stands down the…
Like most everyone else in the program, I took every chance I had to explore around India. The NGO I was interning at normally held the work week from Monday to Saturday but I was lucky enough to get Saturdays off so that I could do as many trips as possible. Below I’ll give a brief description of some of my best trips. UDAIPUR: My first weekend getaway was to Udaipur, the city of lakes. Just a quick 45 minute…
As my last week of work comes to an end, I cant help but think about all the chai I’ve indulged in here. Once at 11am and then again at 3pm. Hey, You may have to work 6 days a week in India, but at least you get chai. It was hard at first not having coffee, but I can confidently say, the chai regime will continue on in the US. This last week, I’ve been working mostly on the…
My second week was by far my most interesting week here in India in terms of my work. I was informed my first week that on that Monday a group from the EU was going to come and visit our NGO. I was given little information about the visit as the reasoning provided to my NGO on the visit was not very detailed or specific. The day they were arrived everyone seemed to be pretty excited and eager to meet…
Like most others will end up seeing, the journey to India is quite long. After a little over 24 hours of travel I finally reached Delhi in the late evening. Delhi was not the best introduction to India but I will leave that story for next week. Irrespective of this, The next day I boarded my final flight to Jaipur and landed smoothly. I was a bit nervous at this point because although emails and Whatsapp messages were exchanged, I…
I’m going to India thanks to a friend. We’ve been friends since middle school and have travelled a lot together, always looking for fun opportunities to get out of the country. He forwarded me the application email sometime in October but it wasn’t until January that I actually opened it. I applied to many different organizations and NGOs hoping that one might email me back. I figured if I secured an internship before submitting my application I’d have a better…
