by Debra Nicholson | Mar 28, 2019 | Presentations, Travel
“Down the Rabbit Hole: Research Adventures in Malawi and Goa,” was presented March 7, 2019, at the Xavier Centre of Historical Research, Alto Porvorim, Goa, India. From the program: When a talking rabbit runs by you, you have a few options: attribute the...
by Debra Nicholson | Sep 8, 2016 | Travel
September 7, 2016 What are women doing in India? If you were to fully depend on Western media for information, you’d think they were all busy being sexually harassed or sex-trafficked or raped. Or at least being forced into arranged marriages. You might think they are...
by Debra Nicholson | Aug 19, 2016 | Travel
At first it was a curiosity: The sightseeing entry in the Lonely Planet guidebook, “Nicholson Cemetery,” in Delhi. All through my five-and-a-half months in India, I kept this in the back of my mind as a place I wanted to visit before returning home. My...
by Debra Nicholson | Aug 1, 2016 | Travel
August 1, 2016 OMG: Squat toilets? A man urinating in public outside and just to the right of that enclosed toilet building. A women’s bathroom where every single one of the eight or so Western toilet seats were smeared with piles of feces. Descending from the cloudy...
by Debra Nicholson | Jul 7, 2016 | Travel
July 7, 2016 Trashed! It’s time to talk trash. That is to say, India’s so-called “trash problem.” After I returned from my first trip to India in late 2014, a friend asked me what I would change about India if I could change one thing. I thought about it a bit, and...
by Debra Nicholson | Jun 27, 2016 | Adventure, Travel
June 27, 2016 Don’t Worry, Be Happy A vendor walked with me through the lane of bazaar stalls as I left Ajanta Caves near Aurangabad, India, in May, one of my last sightseeing trips before returning to the U.S. Several men had surrounded me as I entered the market,...
A trip to India in November-December 2014 so completely stunned Debra Nicholson that she vowed to return as soon as possible. Following her nearly six months’ second trip to India, from December 2015-May 2016, which included a camel safari in the Thar Desert, volunteering at the Jaipur Literature Festival, a two-month train tour around the perimeter of the country, and Bollywood dance and Hindi classes in Delhi, she continues to post on her blog, The Laughing Camel, about her adventures.