Tag: Haridwar
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Education in India
One of the central themes of Nussbaum’s book is the failure of state education in India. She takes it to task for rote learning and a total absence of critical thinking. What is interesting is that private education in India is booming. In fact, it’s a thriving industry. The signs are everywhere. On the streets,…
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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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Aarti in the Rain
This post goes with John Rudisill’s “Immersion in Ritual” above. Essentially, it is a narration to accompany the 5-minute video below (“Haridwar-Aarti”), taken in Haridwar on the late afternoon and evening of 19 May. One guide took us from our hotel in Haridwar to the ghat (landing) where we had reserved places. When we arrived…
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Sights and Smells
You will have to excuse us. We have been thrown into a country and culture jarringly different from our own, and we are still adapting, still forming our considered impressions, as thoughtful people do. But, you want first impressions, don’t you? Okay, here are a few first impressions. We landed in Delhi in the evening.…