On the morning of our second to last day in India, Natalie and I found ourselves on a silent meditation walk. Let me explain–after our internship, we spent about nine days traveling through Kerala and had chosen to spend the final three nights at…

Hello All, Unfortunately I don’t have much time for a lengthy or well-thought out post. For the last week, Natalie and I have been spending the majority of our time doing lots of writing–report writing, not blog writing unfortunately. We both fin…

When I came to India, I intended to use my camera—to create art, to document my surroundings, and to maintain a visual record of memory. I was wary and cautious about the way my bulky SLR would reinforce my position as outsider and onlooker, eager…

It all began with the hair oil. One night as we were eating mangoes on the porch after dinner with 3 of our male Indian friends, the topic of hair oil came up. One of our friends casually asked Natalie if she used hair oil. We didn’t really unde…

Earlier this week, the orientation for new recruits ended (which I mentioned in my last post) and all of our friends left SPS’s main campus for their respective locations. We were quite sad to see them go and with their departure, our lives and ex…

Over the past week or more, since we’ve arrived at SPS, Natalie and I have been lucky to join a group of 12 new recruits to the organization in their orientation program. As such, rather than diving into our internships right away without much pri…