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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By medha315 | Views [180] | Scholarship Entry
I'm cramped.My legs ache from crouching and my body is restless.I watch the sea,calm and clear,like molten glass.The setting sun's honey-gold light cast long streamers of color in the water.I long to get up and stretch,to walk barefoot on the cool sands,but ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By theadventurer | Views [114] | Scholarship Entry
So, we planned this short trip to Mcleodganj and the travel guide India by Lonely planet was our sole guide. We did not plan journey much adventurous but it turned into an adventurous journey. The bus tickets were booked and it was a new Red Volvo bus ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By teerna | Views [288]
Never in my wildest dreams had it occurred to me that I would visit Kumbh.
Ever.
I was attending a friend’s wedding and was caught off guard when Baba called up to inform that he was buying tickets and if I would like to join him.... Read more >
Tags: on the road, spirituality
Tue, 13 May 2014 | By durgaonwheels | Views [324] | Scholarship Entry
There are no beggars in Dharavi … “Why you people keep coming here? These gora (white) people gawk at us like we are some dirty zoo animals” Savitri remarks, her tone concealing a palpable irritation. She squats behind a pile of broken glass bottles and ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By pchalkar | Views [190] | Scholarship Entry
Most of us run in circles trying to find a true meaning to the life that we live, some of us end up finding it, some of us continue running in circles. Being someone who's ambitious and driven, I often found myself at cross-roads when it came to my career.... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By yellowmoleskine | Views [121] | Scholarship Entry
The fourth metal hook of my Octopus bungee cord came off my mountain bike backpack carrier as I stealthily loosened it to attack the motorcyclist accompanying me. I was gearing up to claw his eyes out while strangulating him should he try to rape me. ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By maxintheworld | Views [106] | Scholarship Entry
I'm riding a pair of iron beams which run parallel in perfect unison for miles and miles and hundreds of miles more. "Perfect unison” here means with all sorts of bumps and divots, as this ride is far from smooth. But in India, the train is the best way ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By pcthespist | Views [127] | Scholarship Entry
Reflecting upon that fateful day in June 2012,I have flashes of colored valleys,intimidating boulders over narrow roads through mountains,vast stretches of empty creamy land by deep waters snaking over rocks.Here the landscape dissolves into the clearest ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By wednesday | Views [182] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
India is unforgettable in the way that the senses are overwhelmed, struggling to keep up with all that is crashing in. Doctors tell me that there are five senses. I don't believe them. Perhaps that is true elsewhere on the globe, but in India, there are ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vavachan | Views [647]
Before going to Kochi one needs to have a good understanding of the cultures that made kochi and the cultures that are making it.This beautiful port city situated on the west cost of the country by the Arabian sea has not just harboured various indigenous ... Read more >
Tags: on the road
Tue, 13 May 2014 | By ankinotion | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
So there we were sitting on a grassy cliff staring down at little puddles on the grey black sand.They could be large quick sands but from a height they looked like puddles made of rain.But there was no rain, only a strong breeze, the kind the Arabian ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By tiff_haggith | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
Gingee Fort, the impenetrable fortress. A collection of 16th century citadel ruins in the Villupuram region of Tamil-Nadu. Standing overlooking the landscape over 800 feet up is Rajagiri, the heart of the fort, where visitors can undertake the climb to ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By walkingshoes | Views [168] | Scholarship Entry
“How do you know that I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” (Carroll, 1865) Probably, the Cat is right. Alice should have not come here but she’s a tough one to convince. She came here in search of a wonderland;... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By ishara | Views [239] | Scholarship Entry
For two days and after many projectile explosions, my stomach wrung itself out in the throes of Indian diarrhea and then settled. My hair freshly washed of the henna that hardened like cow-dung in the convection oven heat of Rishikesh, now dripped with ... Read more >
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Tue, 13 May 2014 | By arushi | Views [274] | Scholarship Entry
I stood in my own land and looked at the others’ from a distance. A line of soldiers and the weapons with the potential to single-handedly destroy the world separated us from them. Patriotism and pride lingered in the air as shouts of “Jai Hind” and “Pakistan ... Read more >
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