A Little Piece of Home

In Hinduism, the most widely followed religion of India, cows are viewed as a sacred symbol that should be respected and protected. In the Hindu scripture, Vedas, it tells followers not to harm animals in any way and for this reason they live a life free of meat...

A Spiritual Experience

Today we had an interesting experience that I don’t think any of us were expecting. In the early afternoon we visited the Brahma Kumari Centre in the cyberabad area of Hyderabad. As we entered the large, mostly white complex, we were greeted by a few people dressed in...

Hyderabad & Intro to HMI

After the whirlwind of Delhi and Agra, we travelled to Hyderabad, which is located in Southern India. As soon as we left the plane, you could feel the temperature difference. Walking from the plane, up into the airport, it was significantly warmer than our entire time...

First Days and Impressions

We’ve only been in India for five days now, but it feels like it’s been much longer than that. When we first got into Delhi at 2:00 am It hadn’t quite hit me yet that we were on the other side of the globe. And in the short amount of time that...