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Tea lady making chai

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On the walk into Vellanad

clairecruddas — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:45:19 MDT

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The walk to Vellanad

clairecruddas — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:42:49 MDT

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Tapioca fields

clairecruddas — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:40:19 MDT

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Morning sun outside the guesthouse

clairecruddas — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:37:31 MDT

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A typical mitraniketan room

clairecruddas — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:35:01 MDT

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Not actually mine but Kris'

My tea lady

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:18:05 MDT

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I used to try to get up early and have a cup of chai at her stall most days ...i worked for quite a while ...but then the draw of a lie in took over

School students

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:07:47 MDT

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Sedu's driver washing the ambassador

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My boys from kids group in the afternoons

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:00:37 MDT

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Nothing like a warm kingfisher in the afternoon

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:55:46 MDT

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The 1 lakh lights festival

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:53:41 MDT

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1 lakh = 10000 Traditionally lit up with oil lamps but now with fairy lights an incredible sight to see.

My first indian wedding

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:51:09 MDT

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Festival night

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:48:44 MDT

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Holy man handing out blessings

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:47:36 MDT

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The silver arrow

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:46:31 MDT

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The arrows are a symbol of a god (i think shivas son but im not sure). Apparantly these guys dont eat for 20 days before the festival and dont drink on the day at all ...they were pretty out of it stumbling around.

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clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:44:18 MDT

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Dancers at the festival

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:42:04 MDT

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Festival

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The rock at sunrise again

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:38:59 MDT

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Greeshma one of my favourite students

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 18:36:49 MDT

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Playing with Prashant

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:56:21 MDT

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Playing with Prashant

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Group discussion in an english class

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:51:45 MDT

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Set up a debate in one of my last english classes.

Sahbid

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:49:09 MDT

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My translator :)

One of the classes

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:46:33 MDT

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On the steps of the college

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:44:15 MDT

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Me and some of the students

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:41:52 MDT

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The college

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:39:09 MDT

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PE Classes

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36:23 MDT

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Dance classes

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:33:41 MDT

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In the afternoons some of the college students taught the school kids traditional dance.

Some more dancing girls

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:11 MDT

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The dance troup

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:28:31 MDT

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The sign to Mitra

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:26:03 MDT

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Kris at the rock at sunrise

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:46 MDT

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An atempt at a recreation of my favourite photo that failed ...turns out cigarettes arent as strong a light source as an LED ...go figure :P

View from the rock at sunrise

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:21:49 MDT

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Sewing and tayloring class

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:08:52 MDT

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All the kids to section work learning a rural development skill in their afternoons.

Section work: soap making

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:06:05 MDT

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Section work: incense stick making

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:03:34 MDT

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Outside the printing house

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:01:28 MDT

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Just like the colours in this one :)

Section work: coir (coconut fibre) weaving

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:59:23 MDT

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In the printing house selecting the letters

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:56:56 MDT

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The printing house still runs on old style printing measures and takes aaaages to compile a single page!!!

Deephi

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:54:31 MDT

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One of my case study kids and a great personality.

Making dinner

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:52:40 MDT

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Something i loved to do was help make dinner. Beena is in the red and sashikala in the black and white. I forget the guys name now :(!

Sashikala chapatti queen

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:50:09 MDT

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My master in the art of chapatti ...she taught me everything i know

Section: carpentry

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:47:11 MDT

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Outside the carpentry section

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:44:46 MDT

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Capture the flag

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:42:33 MDT

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I set up an epic game of capture the flag and this was part of my team (who won by the way!!!). One of the best days at mitra :)

Prashant and Leo

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:39:58 MDT

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Cutest kid alive and a really cool guy

Aftermath of capture the flag

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:37:30 MDT

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Apparantly im the devil :P

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:35:08 MDT

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Not really its a symbol of krishna ....their favourite horny shepard boy god....not sure if that better actually :P

Me and my main man Rajeev

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:42 MDT

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Sreeja and the girls tucking in to icecreams

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:41 MDT

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Aisharhea ...mucky pup

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:31:40 MDT

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clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:30:58 MDT

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Fully clothed

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:30:32 MDT

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In the sea

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:29:06 MDT

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On the beach

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:28:47 MDT

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A rather wet bus ride home

clairecruddas — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:22:34 MDT

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