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Planet Bollywood: On white privilege
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Adventures and Misadventures in Japan. American Jewish World Service. Notes from the Gambia. I wrote this blog while working at a women's resource center in Hyderabad, India through a social justice fellowship through American Jewish World Service. View my complete profile. With 800 rupees, we could buy all sorts of useful . When I think of India, I think of. I would like Planet Bollywood better if it had:.
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Planet Bollywood: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. Vacation catch-up - Varanasi - a great place to die. I apologize in advance for any seizures, headaches, or jealousy that this entry, with it's many, many photos, may cause. I had over 600 photos from Varanasi alone and tried to select only my favorites along with the pictures that I felt gave the best visual representation of the city. Photos on the ghat. We attended a ritual at the ghats, with music, bells, candles, and lots of people. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Planet Bollywood: April 2008
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008. This is a video I made for a fellowship application. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Tonight I am taking an overnight train 14 hours South to Chennai/Madras. I am going to Chennai for Passover. Monday, April 14, 2008. Goa is not in India. Despite what you may think you know, Goa. Is NOT in India. To fly to Goa, we took an auto to Keyes High school, then took a 90-minute shuttle bus to the new Hyderabad airport, which opened two weeks ago, replacing the convenient one that was in the...
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Planet Bollywood: August 2007
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Friday, August 31, 2007. We are staying at a hotel near the language school. We are about 45 minutes from where we were two weeks ago. It's also really beautiful here and if you walk high enough when it is clear you can see snow capped mountains in the distance. There are monkeys everywhere, swinging from trees, playing in the road, and occasionally swooping down to steal plastic bags containing fruit purchased at the market. I'll try and put some pictures up eventually. Sunday, August 26, 2007. We are b...
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Planet Bollywood: Last day
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Saturday, June 7, 2008. Yesterday was my last day at my NGO. I wore my purple saree for the occasion with gold sparkly bangles that got sparkles all over everything I went near, much to the amusement of my coworkers. Today Shlayma, Lily and I are cleaning our flat and packing our bags. It's amazing how much stuff I acquired when I came here with only a backpackers backpack and a bookbag. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Adventures and Misadventures in Japan. American Jewish World Service.
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Planet Bollywood: Holi and Purim
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Friday night we had a Purim party; Saturday we played Holi. We were quite impressed that we were able to keep everyone fed and find places for 9 people to sleep in our 2 bedroom flat. Purim involves reading the Megillah (the story of the hidden miracle of Queen Esther). Traditionally Purim involves dressing up in costumes. The Hindi goddess of death and destruction. Leah was the Telugu 4 questions; Yoni was a porter. Lily the Holy Cow; me the Feminazi; Shlayma as Kali. Everywhere...
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Planet Bollywood: December 2007
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Saturday, December 29, 2007. A day in the life. A friend of mine asked about my day-to-day activities, and I thought I would share it here. We spend between 1-2.5 hours cooking dinner every night. We have a rice maker, several pots, a microwave, two burners and no oven. We have a medium-sized fridge that our landlord gave us. Saturday, December 1, 2007. Can I ask you about your dot? After work, I was walking to the bus with Anu, who lives near my neighborhood. She was saying that I would be the cente...
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Planet Bollywood: May 2008
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Friday, May 30, 2008. I'm having an arranged marriage. And probably so are you. I gave a presentation today at work on women's issues in America. I offered to do this since I am leaving in 2 weeks, and thought it might be interesting to give them my perspective on my country. I went around the office and asked everyone what they were interested in knowing about the USA, and got a variety of interesting responses. Here were some of the responses:. Patriarchy - does it exist in America? When people assume ...
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Planet Bollywood: March 2008
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Monday, March 31, 2008. Our neighbors in the next building came over yesterday with an invitation for their niece Meghana's first birthday party. They own the store on our corner where I buy eggs, and run there whenever we are cooking and realize we are out of an essential such as green chillies or ginger (we buy our veggies at a couple different veggie stores a few blocks away). They are big on cheek pinching here; sometimes my coworkers pinch my cheeks.). Saturday, March 22, 2008. One day in Hyderabad.
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Planet Bollywood: I'm having an arranged marriage..
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Friday, May 30, 2008. I'm having an arranged marriage. And probably so are you. I gave a presentation today at work on women's issues in America. I offered to do this since I am leaving in 2 weeks, and thought it might be interesting to give them my perspective on my country. I went around the office and asked everyone what they were interested in knowing about the USA, and got a variety of interesting responses. Here were some of the responses:. Patriarchy - does it exist in America? It certainly doesn'...
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