Yesterday I arrived home, after a couple very long days at work, to a large brown amazon package on my doorstep. My kitten, Zéb, was thrilled about the three layers of boxes now available to him as playspace. I was overwhelmed by a very generous gift from my Aunt and Uncle for my recent graduation … Continue reading
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Redefining Happiness
My trip to Argentina began in a Sociology class last semester. We were studying alternative economic structures to capitalism (I know, you’ve already written me off as a communist at this point but try–if you can stomach it–to keep reading). The class was titled “Economic Social Justice from Below” and our main case study was the recuperated … Continue reading
Cycling Lenses
An art professor from the US visited our program in India last fall and made a wonderful suggestion to us before we parted ways. She encouraged each of the students to find a new way of looking at Pune: a place that was slowly becoming familiar after 3 months of living there. She told us about her particular … Continue reading