Search results for: “india”
-
WV to BA: A Trip from One Ideology to Another
Wheeling, West Virginia is known for producing a number of famous products and individuals, but it isn’t exactly renowned for churning out global citizens who trot around the world. When I started telling friends and teachers that I was going to be studying in Argentina for a semester, this became quite obvious. “I bet ISIS…
-
Eating My Way to Cultural Immersion
I believe that one of the best ways to learn about another culture is through its food. A nation’s cuisine can grant you access to its history, identity, and peoples. Thus when I came to London, one of my first wishes was to indulge in all of the tastes and flavors that makes this city unique.…
-
Embracing My Sexuality in Melbourne
Before I left home to study abroad in Melbourne, my friends who had previously studied in other countries told me about how their experiences—particularly those outside the classroom—changed them. Going abroad altered their perspectives, boosted their self-esteem, and helped them unearth deeper parts of themselves. “You’ll be a brand new you when you come home,” one said. “Well,…
-
Special Mobility Series: How Moving to the Opposite Side of the World Changes You
The exact opposite side of the world from where I live is in the Indian Ocean, a little southwest of Australia. [caption id="attachment_1314" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Photo curtesy of antipodr.com[/caption] And I got pretty close. I wasn’t expecting many obvious differences when I got there, since Australians speak English and I assumed the culture was relatively…
-
Wait, Who Am I Living With? Multicultural Living Abroad
It’s 10 pm on Tuesday July 14th. I’m sitting on the floor of the LAX airport trying to steady my breathing to refrain from having a panic attack. I read the sign blinking on the screen at the terminal: “35 minutes to boarding…” “30 minutes until boarding…” The time seems to be flying by. My…
-
National Identity Abroad: Us vs. Them-The Americans and the English
My ‘About Me’ sections go like this: 22, college student, cat person, Hufflepuff. Nepali. The last one is hesitant, a fluttering around the periphery of my identity, almost a question. Nepali? I was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and I lived there for nineteen years before leaving the country to attend college in America. Both my parents, both sets of…
-
Feelin’ the Aussie Love
Night is always my reflection and thinking time. And as I sit at Darling Harbor surrounded by my IFSA crew and beautiful scenery I think back on the month that flew by. And though this is unfair to say to my home, I have fallen madly in love with this country. Or at least Sydney.…
-
A Culinary Journey Through London
[caption id="attachment_1151" align="aligncenter" width="697"] Hello everyone! My name is Jessica Carlson and I will be taking over IFSA’s Instagram with photographs from my time abroad in London, England last fall. I studied as an affiliate student in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London. I am currently a senior at Wesleyan…
