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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By creativityfound | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
I was woken up by the peeping sunrays on my face. I had been sleeping in a hotel room, facing the beach.The room was small, with one anserine painting.Even the washroom was dingy. I was in Gujarat,"The Dry State of India". I had begun to loathe the place.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ruchi | Views [305] | Scholarship Entry
It often happens with most of us that we live in heaven near by but unaware of its immense beauty or rather have no time to explore and appreciate it. No wonder I was one of them, being born and brought up in Surat (Gujarat) i.e. 23 years of my life, ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By pearlsandhu | Views [162] | Scholarship Entry
I didn't know I was going to set a world record on the night of 10th February 2013 when I went to Sangam at Mahakumbh. Wrapping myself in a cozy jacket, I packed some glucose biscuits and started walking. The lanes were washed in light and food stalls ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By travelthatworld | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
‘Nan - dri, rom - ba nan - dri’ Nalini, my tutor, was Luthramary’s six year old daughter. She sat directly opposite me, quietly sniggering over my inability to learn her language. After all, it was my third Tamil lesson and I’d only gotten to ‘thank ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By mattandmed | Views [222] | Scholarship Entry
So far removed from the blistering summer of Australia and the cosy warmth of my friends, I was feeling rather cold. My toes were numb, my nose a tap, my fingers like the icicles that hung from the roof of the shaky metal bus. My insides moving frantically ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By shufflepopplesocks | Views [202] | Scholarship Entry
Of all the Sundays that have been and are yet to be, this was Easter Sunday in 2007 and 8am at GMT+5.5. A wide angle lens from my then whereabouts would have captured the glittering runway cast by the watery morning sunlight onto the calm blue waters ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By prismaverde | Views [251] | Scholarship Entry
Swaying and being tossed around a huge truck we were making our way south from Ladakh on the most beautiful and deadliest road I ever took. Inside the cabin, a red light bulb illuminated a kitch, colorful poster portraying the blue-skinned god Krishna.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By aintsunny | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
As we got out of the cab that took us from Cherrapunji to the small village of Lum Sophie, we had our first glimpse of the Khasi Mountains. It finally felt like Meghalaya. We had a 2000 feet hike down to the village Nongriat, famous for its living root ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By nadiyka | Views [186] | Scholarship Entry
“This is my childhood home. I grew up here and now I live here with my father, mother, wife and two small children; one boy and one girl.” I sit beside Rakeesh and slowly put together the pieces of his life story as I sip on a soothing cup of Masala tea.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By timgoodson | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry
On a dusty side road with the midday sun gnawing into our pale skin, we drew straws. I won. Or did I lose? It was too hard to say. Still mulling it over, I wandered towards my prize glancing at the straw in my hand, it was definitely the longest of the ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By ginaonlocation | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry
In five months I crossed four borders in Southeast Asia on foot. For my last journey before returning home, I decided to splurge on a flight to India. As I waited to board my flight, a young Indian couple took one look at my ring-less fingers and asked ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By aravind | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry
Irrelevance is the magic of any city. You could stand in a corner, lean against a quiet post, talk to yourself and still be a figment of an ever expanding and churning definition of normality. The city exists in you, but you fail to exist in it realms.... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By lilacriver | Views [363] | Scholarship Entry
I lean back and relax on the cool sand. Around me the sand dunes stretch endlessly, and above me the blue sky reddens as the sun begins its descent. To my right, our tour guide chats with my aunt, and behind me, our stinky yet lovable camel, Rocket, relaxes ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By sarita11 | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry
There are a million things in life we would never do, if not for others. For me, the road trip to Shirdi was one of those things. I wouldn't tag myself as an atheist but for some reason, I never saw the need for idol worship. I would much rather say ... Read more >
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Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jatin | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
SOCIAL GATHERINGS: COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE God knows why but I am very hesitant in going to the social gatherings especially family get together (marriages), and there are various specific reasons behind this, let me quote few of ... Read more >
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