Jewel of the Crown

We went to the church service. None of us are Christian, practicing anyway, but we just went to respect the staff of CRHP. We saw Dr. Arole’ mother, who is over a hundred years old. After class, we told the Professor that we really wanted to watch a good Bollywood movie. Ravi bought us a […]

Saturday was Sankrant, a Hindu festival. The true purpose of the holiday is not known, but usually people say women celebrate it to honor their husbands. But others say it is a day when women celebrate themselves. Us girls finally got to wear our saris! The women of the mess hall helped us put them […]

For the week of the 10th, we mainly had classes, did some outdoor activities, and watched a few movies on our spare time. Class topics included the caste system, childhood diseases, the mobile health team, violence against women, and the farmer’s group. I’ll post more on the topics later. But we went to two villages, […]

So I have a lot to update on! First I need to talk about the past weekend, which was filled with a lot of touristy stuff. So on Saturday morning, the 8th, we woke up early so that we could leave for our destinations. Everything was going well, except it was freezing cold. It’s ridiculous […]

The past two days, the 6th and 7th, have been quite eventful. On the morning of the 6th, we went to a village for the first time, about 15 minutes from CRHP. The village was called Sharadwadi, and it was the first time we had ever been deep into the heart of any rural area. […]

Hello from Bombay! or actually Mumbai (the correct way of saying the name). We still can’t grasp how much time went by these past two days. Today, it is after midnight on Thursday the 6th. We got off the plane in Mumbai Airport on Tuesday the 4th. Right after we got off and did all […]