Author Archives: Macarius

About Macarius

Senior at Duke University. Spending the year in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on the Duke Intense Global pilot project. Loving every second in India and somewhat concerned to go back to the U.S.

The Value of Money

At what point does a dollar cease to be a dollar?  Is the value of a dollar relative to your experience?  I have been thinking about these two questions a lot lately. When we first arrived in India, for prices … Continue reading

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A Single Red Gumball

Sometimes in life an event happens that makes you relive your past.  I don’t mean in a bad way, but a small act makes you examine the little things in life that will always affect you and make you realize … Continue reading

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Hello and Good-bye

Living in India has still not fully hit me.  Though I walk the streets of Hyderabad, explore the neighborhood of Ameerpet while visiting my Gurudwara, or am driven with my fellow DIG students from Tagore International House to our destination … Continue reading

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Past weeks in reflection

It has been an amazing eight weeks in India.  What started this fall as just a thought (“I’m going to India in a few months”), quickly became a reality as I sat in the Washington-Dulles airport waiting to board my … Continue reading

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