Author: Peter Havholm
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The Group
Top row, l. to r.: John Rudisill (Philosophy), Peter Havholm (English), Mark Weaver (Political Science), Mark Wilson (Geology), Lee McBride (Philosophy), Peter Pozefsky (History), Gregory Shaya (History), Henry Kreuzman (Philosophy). 2nd row, l. to r.: Shirley Huston-Finley (Theater), Shila Garg (Dean of Faculty, Physics), Elizabeth Schiltz (Philosophy), Katherine Holt (History).
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Luxuriating
In the capacious, perfectly sprung College of Wooster bus on the way from Cleveland Airport, one melted back into miles of smooth pavement stretching out ahead, wide shoulders empty of cyclists, walkers, pedlars, families engaged in construction, and sleepers curled into patches of shade—and with orderly, spaced, manageable traffic. At the airport, one drank from…
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Welcome to Wooster Nagar
When we visited Wooster Nagar, a village built with major support from the people of Wooster, the villagers welcomed us with music, drawings on the pavement, and great warmth. They were grateful, they said, for Wooster’s help in making new homes for them after the tsunami wiped out their old ones. The clip below shows…
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Wooster Town
Porselvi, Anitha, Elizabeth In Wooster Nagar (Wooster Town), the villagers (26 families) showed us their new homes built along Noble Street, with major funding from the people of Wooster. During our visit, Elizabeth Schiltz got the names of Porselvi and Anitha while we were on the roof of the National City Bank Community Center (which…
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Down the Mountain from Devprayag
Our driver during the Haridwar visit was extraordinarily skilled, and the clips below show why we came to trust him. The road back down the mountain from Devprayag seemed to us extremely challenging. Driving in India, like driving anywhere, involves a complex language of negotiation. In passing, one sounds one’s horn and, if the other…
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Delhi Traffic
From a bicycle rickshaw perspective. Click on title below left to see video. Delhi Traffic
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Swimming the Ganges
This video shows the power of the Ganges’ current near Haridwar. Swimming the Ganges
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Tourists
Lots of tourists in this video, none western, visiting the Qutb Minar. Tourists at Qutb Minar
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No Glass Here
This video covers a few minutes of our walk from our bus to the hotel in Haridwar, through the market that borders the River Ganges. Click on the title below left to open the video in a separate window. Through the bazaar
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Performing Aarti in Haridwar
In Haridwar, a family together performs Aarti to Mother Ganga by moving the leaf boat of flowers and fire in circles and then placing it in the water. (Click on title below left to open a brief video in a separate window.) Performing Aarti
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Mrs. Sukhwar on the Train
Mrs. Sukhwar, on the train from Delhi to Haridwar, was pleased that she had recently married her daughter, in her 20s, who is now living in Australia with her husband. Mrs. Sukhwar found the husband through an ad in the newspaper. Later, I looked through the Hindustan Times (“the HT,” as Mrs. Sukhwar refers to…
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Holy Baths
This video (“In Devprayag”), placed here for continuity in the blog but completed well after our return to the U.S., adds illustration to Mark Wilson’s fine description below of our visit to the beginning of the Ganges in Devprayag. His text explains what the video shows: the three rivers, the suspension bridge, the mountains. The…