'Santhe' is a weekly farmer's market where producers can escape the middle men of grocery stores and sell their products at a reasonable price directly to the city and village consumers. Our class visited one morning to understand food politics in the expanding city of Bangalore, and to buy some fresh vegetables! By Sandra Martin, February 2010.
What better way to understand a holiday than to take part in the festivities? India Center staff Achutan shows the students how to set off fire crackers and sparklers for the noisy and bright Diwali, the Festival of Lights. By Sandra Martin, October 2009.
Student Anna Vreeland gets to try some block printing with a master of the traditional art in Jaipur. Although most of the fabrics now are printed en masse with screens and chemical dyes, some family companies carry on the high quality art form of using block stamps to press the natural dyes into the fabric in several layers. It takes time, but the end result is worth the work. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
An important part of experiential learning is visiting historical monuments to get the feel of a culture's architecture, art, and values. Adam Brooks takes of picture of Mughal Emperor Akbar's stunning tomb in Northern India. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
'Santhe' is a weekly farmer's market where producers can escape the middle men of grocery stores and sell their products at a reasonable price directly to the city and village consumers. Our class visited one morning to understand food politics in the expanding city of Bangalore, and to buy some fresh vegetables! By Sandra Martin, February 2010.
What better way to understand a holiday than to take part in the festivities? India Center staff Achutan shows the students how to set off fire crackers and sparklers for the noisy and bright Diwali, the Festival of Lights. By Sandra Martin, October 2009.
Student Anna Vreeland gets to try some block printing with a master of the traditional art in Jaipur. Although most of the fabrics now are printed en masse with screens and chemical dyes, some family companies carry on the high quality art form of using block stamps to press the natural dyes into the fabric in several layers. It takes time, but the end result is worth the work. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
An important part of experiential learning is visiting historical monuments to get the feel of a culture's architecture, art, and values. Adam Brooks takes of picture of Mughal Emperor Akbar's stunning tomb in Northern India. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
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