2025 Student Blog
January 17, 2025
Student Life in Bengaluru
Yesterday was a day that felt most similar to a typical day at a university. We arrived at BMS and I was wearing my school backpack just like I would at UW. Being our third time at BMS, It felt almost natural stepping off the auto and through the front gates, especially with our cool…
Just a Crazy Day
Yesterday started like any other here at GCIL. Woke up at the early hour ready for the new adventures that have welcomed me to GCIL since I arrived. The planned adventure was to go to a temple and see some monkeys. But my body was not willing to allow me to experience the pickpocketing monkeys….
January 15, 2025
Burning the Old, Sketching the New: Sankranti, Cubbon Park, and Curious Connections
A week and a half into GCIL we finally had a free day, on occasion of it being festival day in Bengaluru. Sankranti is a harvest festival marking the sun’s movement from south to north, dedicated to the solar deity, Surya. The night before we went to a lovely celebration of the holiday at the…
January 13, 2025
Becoming Weavers
Eager to stretch our legs after the morning’s movie screening and a welcome pizza lunch, a few of us opt to walk to our next destination. We pick our way through the crowds of MG Road until the bustling fades and we turn onto a quiet side street. It is not the destination I was…
Waste Doctor
During my time in India, I have found myself reflecting deeply on life and questioning the true meaning of success. Each day going to different NGOs around Bangalore has brought thought provoking lessons, not through textbooks or lectures but through the stories shared by extraordinary individuals living with purpose and conviction. Over the past week,…
January 12, 2025
Discovering Renewal Through Water, Shiva, and Sustainability
A bell rings in the background, said to bring in energy. This is funny to me because the city is vibrant and filled with energy already. From car honking to the sharp blows of a policeman’s whistle. At times, I can feel this energy buzzing beneath my skin. But today it feels different, the stone…
January 11, 2025
Trees Helping Trees
“Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam.” This Sanskrit phrase means “The world is one family.” More on that later. Today we parked on a dirt road in the outskirts of Tamakuru, a smaller town to the Northwest of Bengaluru, and trekked our way through what seemed to me like a jungle. We were visiting the Ghandhian School of Natural…
From Green Fields to Burning Streets
On our visit to the Gandhian School of Natural Farming, we were joined by Bhargavi Rao, whom we had met just yesterday at BMS. To list all of the work Bhargavi is involved in would require me to write an entire blog post about her, so, I’ll simply say that her efforts focus on environmental…
January 10, 2025
A World Apart Yet So Alike
Today was our first day at BMS College of Engineering, and the hustle and bustle of students on campus instantly transported me back to the familiar energy of UW. The library filled with students studying, the cabinets of trophies lining the walls, and weaving through crowds of students brought a comforting sense of being back…
The World I Will Never Know
Having lived 99% of my life in not only the US but one of the nicest parts of the country, I always knew that I had a wide variety of privileges. Even knowing that, there are times where I realize the extent of those privileges go much farther than I fully understand. On January 9th,…
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