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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By aneternalwanderer | Views [243] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry
I had never traveled alone before; however this was a period when I wanted to get away from it all. On an impulse, I set off, travelling to a nondescript beach town. It was awkward because in India, travel is a social activity and solo travellers are ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By bytchcraft | Views [319] | Scholarship Entry
Most merchants and locals had vacated Ladakh in November for a warmer climate. It was silent except for an occasional chant of a monk or an army man perched alone on a distant peak singing to entertaining himself. I kicked myself hard for picking the ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By musafir | Views [133] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I came face to face with the majestically rising Himalayas, I was captivated by their beauty and magnitude. A sensation of love so strong! At first, the bond was formed through my eyes, then heart – and very soon, I loved it with my entire ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By homeandtheworld | Views [154] | Scholarship Entry
I won’t be exaggerating if I said it was really the first time I did not care about the flies resting on my hands folded quietly in my lap. Neither was I worried the gaping hole in my sweatshirt revealed my fawn undergarment. At 7 in the morning, when ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By wanderingforwonders | Views [303] | Scholarship Entry
It is not every day you feel that today might be the day you die, but when you do, you want it to be memorable. It was during the early stages of my trip to Meghalaya in North Eastern India, when someone mentioned the Double Decker Living Root Bridges.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By branchingsix | Views [374] | Scholarship Entry
The young man thrusts his microphone in my face and I wince, remembering how, only moments before, there were guns in my face instead. "What do you think about the security at the Taj Mahal?" he asks. I take a breath and pause. An hour earlier, my rickshaw ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By amarreddy | Views [223] | Scholarship Entry
His hand caught mine, just in time for me to avoid being reduced to pulp by the jarring doors of the metro. In the rush of that frantic moment, I could still hear the cheers of the crowd I had to wade through before I got to the exit. My pal Saket, fortunately ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By yantigo | Views [346] | Scholarship Entry
He ran towards the departure area, looking to find a familiar face. I tapped the giant glass wall that separated us. His eyes found me. “They won’t let me out anymore”, I told him. He looked at me with a piercing sadness as I showed him my boarding pass.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By itineris | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
My academic advisor approved my exchange semester in New Delhi, India. Hindustan is irrelevant to my field of studies (i.e. European Affairs). My strong desire to explore that part of the world was stronger than a "vulnerable" relevance matter. My advisor ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By shrikantpeters | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
How DID I end up here?Or,more pertinently, how did I not end up here?I had been told the story many a time before–Brothers kill brother.Widow moves to South Africa in desperation,with my great grandfather,her son, in tow.Fast forward sugarcane labour,fast ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By travelforlife | Views [231] | Scholarship Entry
I threw my backpack towards him, carefully balancing in an awkward angle on the edge of a dark black cliff. He was on the other side of the landslide filled with rocks tumbling towards the overwhelming abyss of the Himalayas..There was barely any space ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By davashnirajoo_06 | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
It was a day before my twentieth birthday and all I could think about was jumping onto a plane for the first time, along with friends. But the moment we were all awaiting was our arrival in Prashanthi Nilayam, The Abode of Peace. Being a Sai devotee its ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By aswetravel | Views [170] | Scholarship Entry
Vacations- when you can either switch on your television and laptops and continue with monotonous work sitting at home or plan a trip to an exotic unexplored place. This, is about a journey that taught innumerable lessons in winters last year. December, ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By sunrunner | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
Chai? Beat the queue. A note slips my hand. A wink here. A gratuitous nod there. Rikshas tugged past. People walking in a knotted network of paths. The cacophony of the bustling bazaars of Jagarnath Puri. 30 Rupees Domestic citizens only MaDDam, he says.... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By harsimran_singh12 | Views [561] | Comments [3] | Scholarship Entry
Unlike my previous escapades which took me hundreds of miles away from my home town, this one was just 6 miles away to one of three sanitary landfill sites in Delhi, the capital city of India. I was heading to ‘Jahangir Puri’ to understand a day in the ... Read more >
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