Basket Weaving

In an outcast community, one of the main sources of income is weaving baskets. A large basket takes an entire day to complete and is later sold at the market for 50 rupees (1.25 USD).

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Tamil Nadu Field Visit

October 1st 2007
Hey everybody, sorry it’s been a while since I last wrote. On Thursday, September 20 five other students and I took the train to Chennai in Tamil Nadu to start our first filed visit. While in Tamil Nadu we worked with an NGO called People’s Action Movement (PAM). PAM’s motto is “Empowering People. Ensuring Rights,” and they work almost exclusively with Dalit people (known a ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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