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Namaste- Last Week Part III

Posted on May 23, 2013

My final blogpost about India is going to be about a place called “Anandwan”, literally translated as “Forest of Joy”. I spent one afternoon at Anandwan, but it was an incredible few hours, and a …

Posted in Asia, India, Priya Pathak, Returned Student, Spring 2013Tagged Anadwan, Biology, Certificate in Global Health, India, International Academic Programs, Priya Pathak, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison, Worldwide Internship

PRIYA TOURIST

Posted on February 18, 2013

I’m currently on a 16 hour bus ride, and I just saw a fellow bus named “Priya Tourist”. In honor of that, this post will be all about my touristy pursuits! I have been doing …

Posted in Asia, India, Priya Pathak, Returned Student, Spring 2013Tagged Biology, global health, India, International Academic Programs, Priya Pathak, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison, Worldwide Internship

Tension mat le, ho jayega

Posted on January 8, 2013

Things are getting a little crazy. Little did I envision this during finals, which now seem a million years ago. So I use a trusty coping mechanism: sometimes instead of “To Do” lists, I like …

Posted in Asia, India, Priya Pathak, Returned Student, Spring 2013Tagged Biology, global health, India, International Academic Programs, pre-departure, Priya Pathak, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison, Worldwide Internship

Pune Intended

Posted on December 11, 2012

There are not many things that can alleviate my stress before finals, but this semester I have discovered that an upcoming Study Abroad experience is definitely one of them. Whenever the beast of exam anxiety …

Posted in Asia, India, Priya Pathak, Returned Student, Spring 2013Tagged India, International Academic Programs, Internship, Priya Pathak, Pune, study abroad, UW-madison, worldwide

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

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

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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