Inside Student Blogsswept awayDelhi, Fall 2012
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- The loud, lawless and hectic traffic in Delhi is one of the most difficult things to get used to.
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- Almost every building has an accessible roof, including the top floor of our homestay.
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- The IES center is the first place we got to know in Delhi, and it’s only a 5-minute walk from our house.
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- A view from the roof of the IES Center, in the middle of New Friends Colony.
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- A hidden window at the back of the IES Center.
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- Our host “brother” Adi is one of the best aspects of the B&B.
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- I helped Adi take a picture of my room.
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- We got a lesson in some basic Bollywood dance moves; here, the boys show us all up.
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- The classic green-and-yellow auto has become our primary way of getting around.
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- It’s not unusual to see three or four people piled onto bikes or motorcycles, but two with a heavy load of equipment was a little strange.
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- Our kitchen looks out on an old Hindu temple.
Delhi is a city impossible to capture in pictures. Nevertheless, here are my first week’s attempts to do so. This is a city of colors and car horns, of temples and traffic, of dust and diversity. Garbage versus greenery. Literally.
We’ve had a week full of thrilling activities, including but not limited to dancing in the streets with locals (which I unfortunately only heard about, but which was apparently epic), getting guided through introductory yoga, learning to dance Bollywood-style, exploring Delhi with student peer guides, and eating lots of exotic (and delicious) food. Included here, however, are mostly pictures from our first days in the IES Center, our new apartment-style homestay, and some first impressions of Delhi traffic.
The heat is unbearable, but even people who have lived here all their lives say this is the worst part of the year. Maybe the monsoon will finally come tomorrow.
Namaste,
Meridel
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July 29th, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Hi, such a treat to see your pictures and read your post. I am an IES alumna and I also live in Delhi now. Give me a call at 991-014-0935. Would love to meet you for a chai and some more “exotic food”.