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Day 9: Ajanta and Ellora Caves

Ajanta and Ellora are eas­ily among the top five sites for any­body who likes mon­u­ments, Hin­duism or Bud­dhism, or any com­bi­na­tion of those. In terms of mon­u­ments, I’d say that per­son­ally, these sites were more inter­est­ing than many ancient mon­u­ments in Europe—they are cer­tainly bet­ter pre­served for being the same age. Ajanta is older, the …

02.15.2011 – 8:02:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Day 7: Nasik

After a night wan­der­ing the ancient-cobbled, weav­ing streets, we found our way to the sacred river Godavari, where fam­i­lies gath­ered, blessed and bathed on the stone bridge and among plen­ti­ful, ran­dom shrines, a mil­lion col­ors among the incan­des­cently illu­mi­nated haze. We sur­prised every­one by show­ing an inter­est in touch­ing the water; the atten­tion over­whelmed us …

02.07.2011 – 10:28:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Day 5: Mumbai

Mum­bai is a city that would eat you alive by mis­take if you were too care­less; it would lib­er­ate you if just care­less enough. It’s easy to be over­whelmed by the abject chaos of the smoggy streets. But the thing is, land­ing in a place like India is always over­whelm­ing at first, even for some­one …

02.06.2011 – 11:22:AM | By Matt Carney | Posted in India II | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

All the Young Gents: A Look into the Lives of Madurai’s Young Men

Over the course of five weeks, I con­ducted inves­tiga­tive field research on the lives and influ­ences of col­lege age men liv­ing in Madu­rai, India. Is the boo­gie man of West­ern influ­ence really per­me­at­ing Indian youth cul­ture today? Or do they cling fer­vently to tra­di­tion and her­itage? Read and learn what I uncovered.

07.20.2010 – 10:58:PM | By Matt Carney | Posted in Ethnography | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)