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Meridel Phillips Delhi, Fall 2012

Meridel Phillips is a student at the University of Rochester. Although she studies physics and theater at home, her studies abroad are focused on the social and political impacts of a nonviolent philosophy. Through her travels, Meridel hopes to understand and work on the problems faced by our increasingly globalized society. After India, she plans to continue travelling and learning about the world.

Meridel's Posts

• The End of the Road

  12/27/12 • (0)

  Sitting in snowy Minnesota, jet-lagged and catching up on all the holiday preparations I missed, this past month already seems more than a lifetime away.

  Delhi, India, Post-departure, Study Abroad, Travel

• Darjeeling by the Cup

  11/19/12 • (0)

  Our trip to Darjeeling before finals week consisted of a lot of wandering, a lot of shopping, a lot of street food, and a LOT of tea.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• Varanasi Voyages

  11/08/12 • (0)

  Considered to be one of the oldest still-inhabited cities in the world, Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is also the home to sacred sites in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• Golden Amritsar

  10/25/12 • (0)

  For our India Since Independence class, we visited Amritsar, home of two major sites in Indian history.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• A Love Poem to Tilonia

  10/11/12 • (0)

  Staying at Barefoot College, the revolutionary NGO founded by Bunker Roy, we visited the organization’s night school, various workshops, both private and public schools, and even watched a puppet show.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• Goan Wild

  10/10/12 • (0)

  What a fantastic mid-term break. Sun, sand, salt, sunsets, sunrises… it really doesn’t get any better. In between all the outings we were taken on (to churches, temples, museums and a spice farm) we spent every spare minute on the beach by day and hitting the town by night.

  Delhi, IES field trip, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• An Ode to Khurja

  9/26/12 • (0)

  Two weekends ago, our field trip to the village of Jalkhera in the state of Uttar Pradesh marked our second rural excursion for socio-economics.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• Lost in Shahjahanabad

  9/26/12 • (0)

  These are photos from our field trip to the Old City a week ago. It was by far my favorite trip with our Cities of Delhi course yet!

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• A Tribute to Chamba

  9/05/12 • (0)

  Everyone talks about how study abroad changes their lives, and after weekends like this, I can see why.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

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  Monsoon Mayhem

  8/27/12 • (0)

  This week has marked the real introduction into monsoon season, due to the late rains this year.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• holidays and history

  8/16/12 • (1)

  In only ten days, we’ve been treated to one class field trip, two lizards in our kitchen, and three separate holidays.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

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  Streets and Side Alleys

  8/06/12 • (0)

  The very typical, touristy photos from my last post stand in stark contrast to these, the snapshots taken from our bus as we drove to and from Fatehpur Sikri and around Agra.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• temples and tombs

  7/30/12 • (1)

  This past weekend has been incredibly eventful, as it was our first field trip out of Delhi to the single most well-known place in India: the Taj Mahal.

  Delhi, IES field trip, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• swept away

  7/23/12 • (1)

  Delhi is a city impossible to capture in pictures.

  Delhi, India, Study Abroad, Travel

• the battle of extremes

  7/10/12 • (1)

  Maybe my aunt had the best idea in the field of advice-giving …“Have a wonderful trip! Also, buy some Lomotil.”

  Delhi, India, Pre-Departure, Study Abroad, Travel