by Sonia | Feb 13, 2025 | Travel Experiences
By Anyafulugochukwu Chukwurah from Nigeria – Class of 2026 As the wispy cobwebs floating in my brain thread together to form a coherent ball of consciousness, I blink away the haze of sleep and take in my surroundings. I’m on a train, arriving in Varanasi, and...
by Sonia | Jan 16, 2025 | Student Life
By Samyak Jain, Class of 2024 In the soft glow of the bonfire atop Waghzai, he gently speared a marshmallow, fluffy and white, with a twig he had found near the log he was seated on, which was soon to be part of the crackling fire. As the serene melodies of...
by Sonia | Jan 10, 2025 | Travel Experiences
By Oindrila Pal (India) What a vile life we will lead if we never learn to wander. Wonder? To chase the shadows that slither around the corners to mooring at the same sky, adorning its white pearls on its jet black dress. We must knit our eyebrows, fill our lungs with...
by Sonia | Jan 7, 2025 | Travel Experiences
By Ojaswini Pandey (from India) from her Experience India Week trip to Bengaluru and Mysuru The stairs were enormous and wide, the rough stone surface feeling uneven beneath my feet. Each step felt heavier than the last; there was a sharp burn in my calves, my...
by Sonia | Nov 27, 2024 | Student Life
It is possibly ten, or somewhere around eleven p.m. at night (though more like the wee hours if it’s during the weekend), when you’re sitting around in your common room — and hopefully not at your room still doing homework — when your stomach grumbles. It will...
