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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sophiearabesque | Views [148] | Scholarship Entry
Dawn came early, with rosy fingers. They pried through my eye sockets and into my skull. This was the first hangover of the New Year. I had woken up in a strange room, in a 12th century sandstone fort, a Rajasthani citadel. At the open stained-glass windows, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By isabm | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry
After a long, bumpy, and noisy ride in an auto rickshaw, I finally reached my destination: a very poor neighborhood just outside the city of Jaipur, India. After walking past cows, pigs, monkeys, feces, garbage, and open toilets, I finally arrived ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By worldcitizen95 | Views [116] | Scholarship Entry
I’m not Hindu. In fact: "I’m not religious." I’ve said it before, mildly delivered, with just a slight inflection at the end to indicate this is not a question, but a statement. As I stand inside Kapaleeshwarar temple, it whispers a statement of its ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By jonathand | Views [345] | Scholarship Entry
I scurry and weave my way through the crowded Mumbai streets desperately looking for a refuge from my pursuers. I can feel my heart thumping in my ears and my vision is going a little blurry. I see a side street hidden by an ancient looking cart and dive ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By esotericnomad | Views [173] | Scholarship Entry
A young man, looking to be local, scans the room; perusing the patrons sitting atop the colorful seat cushions in this north India cafe. “Is anyone here Christian?” He asks. Hmm, odd question to be asking total strangers. “I am.” I hesitantly respond.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By zaanya | Views [207] | Scholarship Entry
Fountainhead had submerged me with Roark’s individualistic personality. The whistling wind through the seashore and patterned brown sand kick my creative glands. I wanted to document my own philosophy. Beaches captivate me with their free and easy nature.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By mnh | Views [109] | Scholarship Entry
A familiar smell filled the air. Mangoes? Yes, there was definitely a hint of it.Tarragon? Wait, how do I even know what tarragon smells like?I am pretty sure I have never cooked with it before.As my thoughts were about to wander,I was interrupted by ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sandeepachetan | Views [413] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The Dalai Lama. Old, wise and serene. That was my single dimensioned image for a monk. But young, energetic and full of life (even playing pranks)? Was my exhausted mind playing tricks or was it for real? Should we call them monks, kids or kid monks? ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By thewonderingeyes | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
Mettupalayam, India. May 15, 2011. 4 a.m. The night has a life of its own: locals roaming aimless, tramps sleeping on the floor. Wrapped in worn plastic bags, they form a sad, endless and grey wave on the littered ground. In the middle of this languor, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By livingiseasy | Views [113] | Scholarship Entry
The smell of the muggy air reminds me of something in the recesses of my childhood. It's just a whiff, lingering it stays with me, even comforts me. Tangy, exotic, but despite the conjured familiarity, completely foreign; a mark of what India has been ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By 13thsummerday | Views [107] | Scholarship Entry
It was an unbelievable week. Three flights. Two countries. Two girls. And one dream – India. Up in the air we realized that it had already started. India was already there. The soft colors of the sky, the smell of spicy food, women wearing sari, people ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By anoodhakunnath | Views [258] | Scholarship Entry
I am city-bred. My lullabies are a variety of vehicle sounds and distant construction noises, made faint only by the apartment's eighth floor perch. So when I was woken up by silence, it made for an unforgettable experience. In Landour, I could hear myself ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hodomaniac | Views [183] | Scholarship Entry
For any one working and craving adventure, a long weekend means only one thing :TRAVEL. Thanks to 'Dussehra' an Indian festival, I had four days off to forget all about work and head off to any place I like. My friend and I, jumped on our respective bikes ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By madhatter | Views [151] | Scholarship Entry
"No one visits us anymore. Even the Chinar trees feel lonely sometimes." I looked straight at Aftab with the kind of awe you feel when a mere tourist guide express pathos with such tender poetry. I couldn't look at Aftab's face any more, the gentle wrinkles ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By roksolarization | Views [314] | Scholarship Entry
Tough but blessed India feels like a woman and the whole country in her. Home of hers hosted us in that poor place to an extent of richness. Her head was full of white curlies and black flees. Trying to nit-pick them she was telling about ghosts that ... Read more >
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