Fellow Stories

To My Florist Down The Road

Milana Venegoni

2020-02-25

To My Florist Down the Road I met you a couple of weeks ago. I was heading home from wherever, maybe Aundh, maybe not. I remember seeing the shop open, handing my rickshaw driver a crumpled 100 rupees and with a “keep the change” I glided out of the rickshaw and winded my way through...

Walking to School

Katie Mastriano

2020-02-24

Walking to School The Sun! – Super bright always hot The “young” mosque  – Lots of men and boys gather here on Fridays  – Call to prayer The children – The “bonjours” and the “Toubabs”  My construction guy friend!          – Blind in one eye         – Calls me...

Photo Journal of Indian Architecture

Angel Bryant

2020-02-20

Humayun’s Tomb was built in the 15th century for Mughal emperor Humayun, son Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty, and father of Akbar, the greatest Mughal emperor of India. It is the first great example of Mughal architecture and is a UNESCO world heritage site. The Lotus Temple is one of seven Bahá’í Houses of...

Pune’s Motorbike Lovers

Celia Morton

2020-02-19

On dark street corners, abandoned by shops or pedestrians, they hide. The motorbike lovers. Not having the approval to socialize in private spaces they are drawn to locations that make the interaction seem momentary, temporary. Just someone speaking to another for a few minutes, when indeed it can be for hours and hours. Every day...

María (Mi Mamá)

Abigail Mann

2020-02-15

María has been my mamá since September 7, 2019, and she’s one of the toughest, most resilient, and most caring women I’ve ever had the pleasure to know.  My mamá has been through a lot. She grew up with a father who firmly believed that a woman’s place was in the kitchen, and her purpose...

Why I Want to Stay

Eleanor Ross

2020-02-10

Even though I’ve been in Senegal for over five months, I don’t want to leave. Even though my mom regularly texts me with the exact number of days until I’m home, I still don’t want to leave. And even though my dad just started making me homemade sauerkraut (trust me, it’s something to write home...

Moving in the opposite direction

Christine Alhalabi

2020-02-08

Some things I would like to remember

Anupama Sanjith

2020-02-07

I had heard about this time from many people …… “Lupi, you will have a lot of free time during this gap year. You must put it to good use.”  But no one can really prepare you for what all these people meant.  After the initial excitement of being in this new environment, I experienced...

"La Ciudad Blanca"

Sofia Santos

2020-02-06

Misión Scalabriniana in a local parade holding up the sign “Humanidad”, or humanity.  The pristine streets of Ibarra, or La Ciudad Blanca, seem to support order and proud Latin American solidarity, with street names of its Incan history and one of the most diverse populations I have seen in Ecuador. Yet, if we only peel...