As I am writing this I have been back in the US for over a week. I have therefore had a lot of time to reflect on my time in India. It changed me and only positively. I now have access to everything that I took for granted before I left and now I no longer take any of it for granted. Safety and peace are the two largest things. Safer in almost every way, probably the only exception is…
*This post was written during my last week in India, which was several weeks ago, and I never got the chance to post it. So I’m posting it now. Wrapping up my final week in India I’m very conflicted. I don’t want to leave because this feels like the most important work I’ve ever done in my life. I had to say good bye to the kids today and I cried harder than I have in years. It reminded me…
Having just finished my third week at the school, facing just one week left in India before returnig to the United States, it’s hard to put into words how I feel. Overwhelmed is an understatement. Among other things I wish I could have more time here to work with the kids. It’s taken me a long time to understand them. They all are children from the slums, I think I imagined them having one of the famous American mindsets, of…
Going into week two I’m definitely feeling the effects of sixteen consecutive days of India. On the one hand it is definitely the most culturally rich country with the kindest people I’ve ever met. Also it is magical to visit the sacred temples and ruins and be transported back hundreds to thousands of years. On the other hand the never ending bombardment of humid-intense heat, insane drivers, honking, con artistry by Uber drivers and inability to eat or drink almost…
I am writing this post after having been in India for five days. I arrived on Saturday, it’s Thursday as I’m writing this, in Mumbai early that morning. After a nap I had my first meal in India which was amazing. Then I went out looking for rupees and quickly was able to exchange some cash. Finally I went shopping for clothes for my teaching role at the school in Delhi that I will be teaching at for four weeks….
While I’m posting this in India I wrote it in the States and never got around to posting it. I’m really excited to be going to India. I will be volunteering as a slum teacher in Faridabad in the metro of New Delhi. For all of my life I’ve always wanted to visit India. Probably since I was a small child and I saw the film “The Little Princess” I think it’s called. Anyway this is also the week of…
