And we’re back…
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I’ve only been back stateside less than a week. I spent my winter break in India and specifically Delhi, visiting friends (and one incredibly important person), laying the ground work for research, meeting scholars and activists, reading development material — Seeing Like a State, The Bottom Billion and Development Redefined — and eating.
This included visits to the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, the Energy and Resources Institute, Greenpeace India, JNU, WWF India, an organic farm and the Centre for Science and Environment.
It also meant many meals of gunpowder and paratha and curry and thugpa and paranthe and chana and bhel puri and, well, everything. I had the best Indian meals of my life in an out of the way faux village and probably consumed more Tibetan momos in the three weeks there than in my entire life previously. Sadly, almost none of this food was properly photographed. This seems like an incredible oversight now.
Unfortunately, the trip was too short. It always is. But I’ll be back in May.
Tags: cse, delhi, environment, food, greenpeace, india, jnu, nmml, research, shenanigans, wwf
Feasting on fall
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Caramelicious
Getting in touch with my farm town roots, I visited an orchard a couple weeks ago in the rolling Maryland countryside. The apples were nearly picked out — I found one good Pink Lady on a tree and enjoyed it thoroughly — but no matter. The highlight of the trip was very clearly the wonderful toffee apple above.
Tags: apple, autumn, caramel, fall, farm, food, orchard, photography, shenanigans, toffee apple, washington d.c.
Zombie makeup, dead sea captain, abstract concept
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W. M. TRADE, Captain
My costume this year was both esoteric and abstract. Keep in mind that I’m in an environmental policy program. But I’ll help parse out all the levels below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: awesome, cap and trade, costume, festive, halloween, holiday, sea captain, shenanigans, united states, washington d.c.
Congratulations Dan and Supriya!
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Proposing on mile 23 of the Chicago Marathon? Slick, Dan. Slick.
Many, many congrats to the both of you. I’m incredibly happy for you.
In your honor, here are a few good memories; I know there will be many, many more.
Tags: cute couple, dan lucas, darjeeling, friends, india, photography, shenanigans, supriya doshi, tourism
‘No charge for pagri’
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I became a public spectacle
The Golden Temple is Sikhism’s most holy place. All those entering the temple must out of respect and acknowledgement for tradition cover their heads.
This has given rise to a whole industry of people selling scarves, kerchiefs and other headgear in the bylanes leading to the Golden Temple complex. The temple itself also offers free head coverings in the form of simple scarves.
Since I often wear a long stole with my kurta-pyjama, I have learned to tie myself a makeshift turban, or pagri, on festive or religious occasions. That had been my intention again, when I visited the temple complex on holiday in March. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: armtisar, golden temple, harmandir sahib, india, pagri, photography, religion, shenanigans, sikhism, tourism, turban, wallah
Newsflash: I’ll be moving to our nation’s capital…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under india, united states
…in August to attend American University in Washington, D.C.
As many of you know, over the past several months I’ve been applying to graduate schools. Though I distinctly have cursed some elements of the process with Saturn’s baleful glance — mujhe chahiye ki GRE pe shani ki buri nazar shap denge — I’m generally pleased with the results. Out of my seven chosen schools, I withdrew my application from one and was accepted at the remainder. All offered various financial aid packages in varying degrees of generosity.
In the end, American’s program — highly respected in my future field: international environmental policy — and the school’s offer of a graduate assistantship won me over. It had been my first choice when I first started looking at schools more than a year ago. And though Yale’s environmental program and scholarship offer were attractive, I believe American will provide me better opportunities given my interests.
(I also received a good bit of support/attention from American staff/faculty, something that definitely helped in my decision.)
I’ll be studying environmental policy and specializing in India. That will, ideally, involve research trips and possibly even a semester or more of study/work back here in Delhi and elsewhere in the country.
As much as I can, I’ll focus on topics like coastal environmental policy and sustainable development. The goal is working to preserve the ocean — which I love — and people — to whom I feel obligated.
I’ll be leaving India in mid- to late-June and spending some time between various haunts: Champaign, Chicago, St. Louis, Colorado and elsewhere, before arriving in the District sometime in August. Classes start at the end of that month.
Huzzah to the next chapter!
Tags: american university, environment, graduate school, gre, india, shenanigans
Make rocket go now
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Stand back
Every Diwali season, Delhi goes up in smoke. For days leading up to the festival of lights, kids and not-quite-kids “burst crackers” and light all manner of fireworks. It culminates in a hazy, loud, explosive night on Diwali itself.
Above and below are scenes from my neighborhood at about 10:30 p.m. They had been going at it for hours before. You can tell from the haze in the air. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: culture, delhi, diwali, festival, fireworks, india, patake, photography, shenanigans
So long, 2010; it’s been nice knowing ya…
Posted by Adam Jadhav | Filed under ecuador, india, thailand, united kingdom, united states
Well, hello there 2011. You’ve got a hell of a lot to live up to.
As most people know, I started my whirlwind trip in late summer of 2009 and things haven’t really gone bad yet.
I started 2010 in the remote paradise of the Andaman Islands, far off India’s coast. I had just learned to dive and fell in love with the sport. Fish are friends, not food. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: christmas, conservation, delhi, ecuador, friends, galapagos, graduate school, india, journalism, ocean, party, scuba diving, shenanigans, sikkim, thailand, tourism, united kingdom, united states, year-in-review
Protected: Spice up your holidays with some paan
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Tags: bikaner, camel, i chew the paan, jaisalmer, joel, paan, rajasthan, shenanigans, walk the line
Remembering good times and a birthday, from India
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In India, guy friends hold hands
We interrupt my recent string of ocean, diving and ecology related posts for an important announcement.
My shenanigan wallah, partner in crime and damn good friend, Joel, celebrates a birthday today, though he probably won’t mention it.
But I will.
He and his lady, Katie, came to visit India last year. They had some good times, some hot times and a few sick moments in between. Above are photos to remember the trip.
Happy birthday, brother.
Tags: birthday, india, joel, photography, rajasthan, shenanigans
