Monthly Archives: July 2010

This journey through Nepal and now India is nearly at its end.  After a short visit to New Delhi, the group visited the famous city of Agra, home to the more famous Taj Mahal.  It is as spectacular as everyone … Continue reading →

Weeks ago you were introduced to Liz and her week long stay at the women’s monastery near Pharping village outside of Kathmandu.  She did a good part of her field research at this site.  Her research objective was to discover more about Buddhist nuns in … Continue reading →

Jamie Utzinger is focusing her ASIANetwork-Freeman student-faculty fellowship research on the scope of influence of five extraordinary women.   She says, “They have done a great deal already, and they continue to influence changes in society.  Each is working in a … Continue reading →

On a hunt for the perfect banana, our first attempt driving away from Pokhara yielded only so-so results.  Going up from the Pokhara Valley into the higher mountains, we found fruit stands along the slim slice of roadway.  Three women sitting on the stoop of … Continue reading →

Today  - some of the photographs taken by Corbin Cleary, a member of our group that went up to 13,000+ feet into the mountains to see the more remote villages.  While there are literally thousands of photographs of their walking journey of nearly 53 miles, by … Continue reading →

It’s a good day to feature Megan Kack and her writing about her research, which was featured here around July 4th.  She has now had time to put it into words:  ”My research in this village focused on the oral hygiene and oral health … Continue reading →

For several days we’ve all been in the mountainous regions of Nepal.  I’m now back here in Pokhara with the rest of our group expected later this afternoon.  We’ve all had stunningly beautiful views of mountains, crashing waterfalls by the dozens, rockslides and landslides too … Continue reading →

Jessica Najarian writes:  “The ASIANetwork, Freeman Foundation grant magnanimously presented me with this opportunity to research the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia in Kathmandu, Nepal.  During these weeks here I’ve been investigating the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia upon the caregivers as well as … Continue reading →

Up early this morning, I strode out of town for a long walk.   The mountains were clad in fog; morning chant drifted down to the path from hillside huts and homes, and a few water buffalo slowly trudged off to a … Continue reading →

Mountains are the home of the gods, the home of a great deal of the Nepalese population, and the air is better, albeit thinner above 5,000 feet.  So off our students went this morning at 8 a.m. to visit villages … Continue reading →