October brought some more meetings, a cousin's engagement, a trip to Dharmsala, Diwali, and some Fulbright visitors from Udaipur.
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After I spent about a week traversing around Hong Kong while visiting my friend Khushbu from LA/SF, I was off to New Delhi. Almost.
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Hello!
A quick post to highlight what this blog is all about.
My name is Ankita and I'll be living in India for the next 9 months as a Fulbright-Nehru Research Fellow. I'll be studying the relationship that urban-dwelling Indian women have with Metro rail systems in New Delhi, specifically the women's-only compartment, with some comparative studies on the Mumbai and Kolkata Metro systems.
Read MoreHere we go /
Note: I initially penned this 'post' in my notebook on my flight from SFO to HKG in mid-August.
It would be an understatement to say I've had a lot of thoughts and feelings the last 6 months since I found out about Fulbright. But now that I'm on the plane from SFO and it's finally happening, all I can think about is how I wish I had said 'rice' instead of 'noodles' when the flight attendant asked me what I wanted with my chicken. Turns out noodles are not United's delicacy. But perhaps the rice wouldn't have been much better.
The bags are all packed, remaining boxes stored (big ups to my sister for keeping all of my belongings for the year), 'see you later's' have been said and Spotify playlists have been created/downloaded.
Here's to the next great adventure and to everyone in India, California, Iowa and elsewhere who helped along the way! Next stop, New Delhi, via a week in Hong Kong.
The face of someone who is catching a flight in less than 12 hours, is tired of packing, has worn the same pants for the last week, and just wants to get on the plane already.
PC: Ruchika D