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India: Culture, Traditions, & Globalization

Pune, India

Field trips

The program includes field trips to nearby cultural sites, such as:

  • Ajanta and Ellora rock-cut caves in Aurangabad 
  • Karla 
  • Mahableshwar, a hill station near Pune 
  • Sihagad Fort 
  • Sanskriti  
  • Students also observe and participate in religious festivals, such as the pilgrimage in Prandharpur and festivals at a Hindu temple in Jejuri.   

Travel throughout India

Students travel to other parts of India during holidays and the two-week program break. Favorite destinations include:

  • New Delhi, the capital of India, and Utter Pradesh
  • Agra, known for the Taj Mahal
  • Goa, a former Portuguese colony on the Arabian Sea
  • Rajasthan
  • Kerala

 

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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