{"id":516,"date":"2019-01-16T11:07:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/?post_type=project&#038;p=516"},"modified":"2019-02-13T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T20:09:27","slug":"rickshaw-ride-through-old-delhi","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/project\/rickshaw-ride-through-old-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Stark First Exposure to the Pluralism of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Old Delhi<br \/>January 5, 2019<br \/>Liz Conkey<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842-84x150.jpeg 84w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/5677D260-1603-4773-82E8-D24A4041E842-1080x1920.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" class=\"wp-image-927\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>A collection of rickshaws line up for us to choose which will take us through Old Delhi.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\">\n\t\t\t\t<video controls>\n\t\t\t\t\t<source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/B4EA5DAA-DA90-49B1-A04E-999C305A30F6.mov\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/video><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>A video from my perspective while we bump along the uneven streets.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97-84x150.jpeg 84w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97-768x1365.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1046\/2019\/01\/173C14A0-3F21-4D7B-9187-FE23C0D6AD97-1080x1920.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" class=\"wp-image-906\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Delhi is packed with bazaars of food vendors, eye doctors, clothes stitchers and men selling fronts and vegetables of all kinds. We are careful to weave through cows, wild dogs, and goats.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squeezing\u00a0<\/span>into the stone hard seat of the rickshaw, sitting thigh to thigh next to Iain, we bump, crash and sway through the stony streets of Delhi; our faces are blasted with dirty, smokey, curry-scented air and we are met with several stares and inquisitive looks.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Stark First Exposure to the Pluralism of India<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forewarned by our first tour guide of India, Push, that we would encounter a city sprawling with people who only <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">appear<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> busy, we walked through Old Delhi interpreting the adamant merchants and cyclers as people putting on a sort of act. Approaching the collection of rickshaws, Iain and I chose one and squeezed onto the small bench while our cyclist scrambled on and began pedaling. The first thing I noticed--aside from the absolute insanity that was the somehow orderly chaos we wove through--were the stares. White Americans clad in American clothing which covered our money belts full of rupees, we passed women who held babies and asked for change and men skinny down to the bone trying to sell peppers or oranges. The ride was an exceedingly invigorating and enthralling first encounter with India, however, the excitement was broken continuously by a feeling which told me that it was wrong for me to be enjoying it. The feeling was a stark wake-up call informing me that I was not in the country with a simple and easy task of tourism. Instead, I was beginning a journey of exceedingly challenging juxtaposition of all that is normative to me in <em>my<\/em> life with that of those who live different lives according to their caste, their profession, their religion, their socioeconomic standing and so much more. It is important to note this feeling of uneasiness and feeling that we are out of place. Noticing our privilege, we are humbled and our attention is drawn back to the central aim of our visit to India: to gain a greater understanding of the pluralism in India, both religious and cultural.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3044,"featured_media":906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[23],"project_tag":[37],"class_list":["post-516","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-23","project_tag-liz-conkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1541,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/516\/revisions\/1541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/sto-milestones\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}