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Month in review in Bangaluru, India.

Posted by on June 22nd 2010
Delhi airport - 8 hour stopover. May 31st, 2010, 3AM. Alone. Empty. Heavy. I carried my two check-ins to the counter. After a long flight from Canada to Belgium, and a 4 hour delay, I have finally made it to India. New Delhi. It's early in the morning, only handful of people ...
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Reflections from Home

Posted by on February 24th 2010
I've been home for over a week now and time is just flying by. It reminds me of how comfortable home is and how easy it is to not plan every minute - whereas India demands full attention all the time. I have to admit that it is ...
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More lessons learned

Posted by on February 4th 2010
After three months I have left the home I made at Gram Vikas. It seems surreal but I also feel like it is time. I have collected a lot of information over the last few months and I am feeling ready to go home to the winter in Canada and ...
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Photos from Tamana

Posted by on February 2nd 2010
I can't quite get the internet to agree to upload more pictures so two will have to do for now.  These were both taken in Tamana, the village where I have been doing my field research. The first is of a woman sifting rice, since it has just been harvested. The second ...
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Some lessons learned

Posted by on January 25th 2010
In one week I am heading down to Chennai to catch my flight home. It feels surreal, but in truth I am ready. Overseas development work is extremely rewarding intellectually, socially and academically, but it also really takes a lot out of you! I am grateful that living on ...
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A (short) Photo Essay

Posted by on January 19th 2010
Hello again! I realized after my last post that it's high time that I put up some photos. The first two photos are from the inauguration of a Jatropha information center in Bhubaneshwar, where a company is hoping to convince farmers to grow Jatropha for biodiesel production.  The concept is a bit ...
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CBC Radio 3

Posted by on January 19th 2010
As my internship is drawing to a close with only two weeks left, I still feel like there is so much to do!  I have been really lucky with my time here since I have been able to do some traveling around India for work, to Bhopal, Delhi and Bhubaneshwar.  ...
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First Aid Assisting in Kolkata

Posted by on January 10th 2010
My husband and I leave Kolkata in six days. I look back at my few blog entries and realize what a small representation they are of our experiences here. So before leaving, I'd like to ...
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Rice Culture

Posted by on January 5th 2010
Rice is the most cultivated crop in Orissa and the view from the bus ride into town these days is of unhulled rice waiting to be threshed.  The paddies have all dried up and women in sarees are gracefully cutting down the stalks and stacking them neatly into piles shaped ...
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People not Projects

Posted by on December 29th 2009
The last month has been a turbulent one. I have experienced greater emotional highs and lows these last couple of week than I have since my adolescent years. Well, perhaps that is an exaggeration...but I am writing about feelings. So, here's the story: I spent much of December ...
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