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The class of Cherrapunji

INDIA | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | Views [172] | Scholarship Entry

As the astringence of highland tea completely displaces the vitriol from my last dayjob, I feel the child in me rise to the top. And that child harks me to the geography class of Cherrapunji fame. Every kid had a suitably alluvial image of what the world’s ... Read more >

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A Local Encounter that Changed my Perspective - Light at the end of the eclipse

WORLDWIDE | Friday, 19 Apr 2013 | Views [215] | Scholarship Entry

The 6.20am birds are circling overhead, dazed and confused. Because on July 22 2009, as the Sun rises, the light around Varanasi, India will suddenly fade, till the sky turns pitch black. The longest total solar eclipse in the 21st century will last ... Read more >

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