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Auroville, South India :: 6km north Pondicherry Auroville. An experiment in living, inaugurated in 1968 & now 39 years into its evolution. Not really a big commune, but more of a small ...
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WE'RE HERE!!  (Aug 29 '07)
"3 days of travel, very little rest, extra plane rides, and hassling with taxi cab drivers"
From Leah: Just a quick note. We have made it safely to Darjeeling. After 3 days of travel, very little rest, ...
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We Got to the End of the Road...So we put our hiking boots on and kept going.  (Aug 30 '07)
"The people have taught me more about kindness than I can ever imagine possible."
From Leah: After our one glorious night of actual sleep in Darjeeling, we head out into the city in search of a Jeep ...
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Ponderings on the Village  (Sep  '07)
"We Americans leading our comfortable lives often wonder how people can live like they do in places like this. The truth is, how can we live our lives like we do?"
Some thoughts on the village from ...
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A day in the life  (Dec 10 '07)
"...so what exactly do you do over there?"
Everyone says that it takes a while to get into the groove of a VSO assignment. Long-term volunteers on two-year placements talk in terms of months or even ...
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Part I: India  (Aug 29 '07)
As a disclaimer to this blog, this is actually Loy writing for Leah, updating her photos and posting her words regarding her adventures. Leah's trip is her first post-college journey, and she is ...
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Nirmal Hriday  (Feb 22 '06)
"All you have to do is hold somebody’s hand and simply be there."
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the ...
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Kolkata  (Feb 07 '08)
People, western people that is think and say quite a lot of things about Kolkata. Whatever they think or say or what ever you hear or think ... it's all rubbish. India has proved this to us over and ...
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Volunteering in Northern India  (May  '08)
"Now not only am I considerably more flexible and in touch with my inner screaming lion, I can also cook a mean curry!"
I've spent the last 6 weeks in a town called Mcloud Gange, North India, home of the ...
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