Rishikesh is the place where the purest water for many falls from the Himalayas and joins five other rivers forming the renowned "Ganga-ji” or “Ganges river." For those who don't know, the Ganga river is one of the most sacred rivers for many religions like Hinduism and Buddhism. It flows mainly through Rishikesh and Varanasi, two of the holiest cities in India. In Hinduism, there is the belief that if...
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“It is not a place to see, but a place to feel,” The place to feel has three names, And two rivers meeting one, And twelve people looking for something, And a few people finding it in 5+ packets of coffee And at the bottom of the test tube, We found it, We knew what we were trying to find, Confirmation. In the place before, The place where statues...
Read MoreThe weXplore trip has offered me an opportunity to study more about water situation in terms of culture and society as well as to explore India. Landing in New Delhi, the first thing we did was to get on a bus and make our way to the Centre of Science and Technology, where our guest speaker Ms. Ranjita Menon explained to us the problem concerning septic tanks, a tank used...
Read MoreWhat a week. The first thing I did when arriving home (oops I mean the hotel), was lay flat on my bed for a solid twenty minutes doing nothing. Nothing, it felt energizing to do absolutely nothing. Four hotels in five nights, in three different cities. The trip really pushed me to be flexible, adaptable and to develop my ‘go with the flow’ attribute which I, at times, greatly lack....
Read More"This song is for the inspirational people of New Light, the working women of Kolkata and their children. May you continue to push for a better future." -Eden H. At the start of their term in India, Eden H. and several of our Grade 12 students embarked on a weXplore to the West Bengal city of Kolkata. Here they had a chance to explore the historical and contemporary issues that make...
Read MoreMe llamo Kucha, y no sé como respirar como un hombre. No soy un hombre - esto está claro, si nada más. ¡Espera! De hecho, estuve mintiendo. También está claro que no soy una mujer, o cualquiera otra cosa que tiene ambas una etiqueta y límites fijados. Cosa. ¿Sabes que mi nombre significa ‘cosa’? Estuve hablando de cosas, justo en ese momento. Verdaderamente, debería ser una historia de gente y...
Read MoreAs the old engine sputters to a halt, the air is empty of all noise except the squawking of a hornbill in the distance. The guide presses his finger to his lips, signaling that we should be silent, his face dead serious. We wait, ears pricked up anxiously anticipating whatever the guide has stopped for. We notice movement behind the bushes. The animal is enormous but surprisingly quiet. The grey...
Read MoreHave you ever heard of Botswana before? If you asked that question to me a few months ago, I would not be able to give any good answer but “no.” I didn't even know about the existence of this country until I heard about this school. And now, I am in that country, with that school. Even before I actually arrived in Botswana, I had a lot of first time...
Read MoreTime goes by. I read one article. Scroll, scroll, scroll. I text people thousands of kilometers away from me. Scroll, scroll, scroll. I read another article just to make sure I have something to talk about tomorrow. Couple more scrolls, maybe I’m missing out on something. I must be. The world is changing so fast that this is the only chance I have of keeping up with it. I have...
Read MoreA modern-day nomad is anyone who has to ask themselves where their travels begin and where they end, and what exactly counts as the whole soul-searching shebang, anyways? The thing about these collectors of cool things is that their routine is a lack of one. If that's so, what happens when they enter a highly structured environment that is direct and singular? I'm talking about what happens when they go...
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