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India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

Pune, India

Extracurricular activities

Throughout the semester, students may choose from a wide variety of extracurricular activities and private lessons in areas such as:

  • Yoga
  • Classical Indian music
  • Instrumental music
  • Bollywood dance
  • Batik and weaving
  • Hindi language

The ACM staff in Pune help coordinate the cultural and extracurricular activities of students on the program.  Students also have the opportunity to attend music and dance recitals, religious festivals, and a variety of other cultral events.  Many students combine their extracurricular activities with their formal research projects.

A local newspaper photo of Colorado College student Becca Von Trapp, lighting candles on Diwali, the traditional Indian "Fesitval of Lights."

India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

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Samantha Gibb My experience with the ACM India program was nothing short of amazing. I loved learning about India and living with my Indian family, to get the real feel of what it meant to be Indian. During my 5 months, I learned so much about the culture, religion, and the poverty in that country, that I have shaped my future aspirations around mobilizing and engaging people to make positive change for the causes they care about. When I returned to the US I was so culture shocked with grief for leaving my Indian family, love for the simple things in life, and a realization that what we complain about in the US is trivial compared to what the rest of the world faces. However, I also realized that we can do better on a number of issues, including training great activists who can promote and enact plans on how to reduce global poverty.

—Samantha Gibb, India, Fall 2006

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