We have a free night! Despite being exhausted, we see that there is a classical dance performance not far from our Madras hotel. Several of us decide to attend! We… Read more

Before the formal Fulbright seminar begins in Madras (Chennai), we learn about rural India. In our particular seminar “The Geography and Culture of India”, one of the major goals is… Read more

Learning about India is not confined to the hours of lectures. We learn from the lecturers, but we also learn from their younger graduate assistants. As a result, we get… Read more

What does one do at 5AM? I know that it will be hot as the day goes along; I know that the group schedule will leave little free time. I… Read more

I hope to learn about Hinduism. Being an academic, I thoroughly enjoy the earlier lecture about classic textual Hinduism as expressed in the Bhagavad-Gita and the Ramayana. Because Sunithi, one… Read more

Not only the seminar’s women, but also the men, want to understand Indian women’s roles and status. While we all realize that there is a complexity to this set of… Read more

Massive suffering often brings responses. Since women’s roles and status in India are often dismal, there are organizations which seek to rectify the situation as best as it can. One… Read more

My own seminar goal is to familiarize myself with Hinduism and some of the basic features of religious life in India. I never forget that I’m new to studying Hinduism.… Read more

One of the seminar’s purpose is to familiarize us with India’s geography. No simple feat! Not only varied geographically, India, one-third the size of the USA, is a huge country!… Read more