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I’m in love, I’m in love and I don’t care who knows it!

Posted on August 14, 2012

While my summer in India had me traveling across the Atlantic Ocean rather than the sea of swirly twirly gumdrops and provided me with a new family rather than a long-lost one, just like Will …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

A day as “Leesha didi”

Posted on July 30, 2012

I step out of the program center gate, lunch in hand, ready for a fantastic last day at Bopodi English Medium School (The Akanksha school branch where I intern). I walk down to the corner …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison

My life is my message.

Posted on July 18, 2012

Throughout my time in India, one thing has become glaringly obvious to me about Americans… or most Americans… or at least the Americans with whom I have been traveling: we really like to talk. From …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison

I bless the rains down in India

Posted on July 9, 2012

Before coming to India, rain and I were not exactly what you would call “friends.” One might even say that rain and I were “frienemies.” I recognized rain’s value, that some people cared deeply about …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, Melissa Carpenter, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison

Sangli’s finest

Posted on July 2, 2012

From the moment that he stopped me and pulled me into a tight, welcoming hug before I could respectfully bend to touch his feet, I knew that  Dr. P. B. Patil was a unique individual. …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, study abroad, UW-madison1 Comment

A birthday celebration to remember

Posted on June 25, 2012

It’s 7pm when the doorbell rings and my host mother, Geeta, beckons my roommate and I to gather our things. I throw my water bottle and camera into a drawstring backpack, in an effort to …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, Indian birthday celebration, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison2 Comments

Finding memories in unexpected places

Posted on June 18, 2012

As I sat on my fifteen and a half hour flight from Newark to Mumbai, I prepared myself mentally to emerge from my aircraft into a completely different world from the one I knew at …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, study abroad, UW-madison5 Comments

Planning for the unpredictable

Posted on June 11, 2012

I am a planner. I organize, I make lists, I schedule and reschedule, and I’m constantly looking ahead at how and when I need to prepare for what is going on in the in the …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Melissa Carpenter, study abroad, UW-madison

There’s just something about a good sunrise…

Posted on May 15, 2012

Perhaps it’s the fresh stillness of a new morning, or the sparkling of the earth as the sunlight gradually cascades across the landscape. Whatever it is, there’s something powerful about a sunrise that makes early …

Posted in Asia, India, Melissa Carpenter, Returned Student, Summer 2012Tagged India, Pune, study abroad
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