Jantar Mantar

As an enthusiast of astronomy, navigation, physics, and architecture (among many others), I had been eagerly awaiting a visit to…

Monkey Temple

Jaipur, India

Just a few kilometers east of the central walled city of Jaipur is the Galta Gorge…

Amber Fort

Our next stop was one of the most beautiful forts in the state of Rajasthan, if not all of India, called Amber Fort (known locally as Amer…

Taj Mahal

Finished 359 years ago, it is still considered by many to be the most beautiful building in the world. It is one of the seven wonders of the…

Confusing Dichotomies

This week has been my first taste of government-run healthcare on a massive scale. All week, my standards of and…

Bathing in the Ganges

This weekend is a special adventure. My host family has decided to join us in our journey north to Haridwar, Rishikesh…

Sikhism and the Gurudwara

From my experiences, Sikhs have always seemed like incredibly benevolent and optimistic individuals. I have been…

Bus Crash

Simply riding in a vehicle in India is an exhausting, frustrating, and harrowing experience. There are only rare lanes, almost no traffic…

Fatehpur Sikri

Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, India

Open-Air Slum School

This morning, we had the opportunity to visit another slum school only a few hundred meters down the canal from where we…