Please enjoy some photos of the group planting rosemary at the Gene Campaign, a local seed bank that promotes farmer’s rights and livelihoods. Today the group has a long travel day (around 12 hours!) to the community of Munsiyari where they......Read More

Hello friends and family, The BYIndia group is doing well and we wanted to share some photos of our first week in country! Photo One: Student group and instructors in front of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram (visited by both the Beatles and Steve......Read More

Greetings! BY-India has enjoyed its first few days in India: in addition to Orientation activities and getting to know one another, we have visited the Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, explored Connaught Place and shopped for kurtas and salwar kameez,......Read More

Dear Bridge Year India friends and family, Just a quick note to say that the Bridge Year India group has arrived safely in Delhi.  Sarah, the Onsite Director, reports that the trip was long, but uneventful. Students will spend the evening resting......Read More

Hey guys- my name’s Peter and I’m from Brookline, Massachusetts. The town is almost entirely surrounded by Boston, meaning that Brookline is closer to downtown Boston than some neighborhoods of the city. I live near a couple of subway lines and......Read More

Hey everyone! Ziv Batscha here, from southern California. My family just moved back to Simi Valley where I spent a majority of my earlier years. I spent my high school years living in Encino (a small neighborhood in Los Angeles). The San Fernando......Read More

Hi guys! My name is Jane and I’m from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, which is about 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. It’s a small, college town and I’ve lived here my entire life. I’ve spent the past two years living at my boarding school in......Read More

Dear BY India 9.0, We’re getting so excited to meet you in Princeton! For now, here is a tentative itinerary for our first month in country so that you can start envisioning what our time together will look like. We’ve been tinkering with the......Read More

Hello everyone! My name is Joshua Eastman, and I’m from Huntington, West Virginia, a small town nestled into the Ohio River Valley right next to Kentucky and Ohio. I was born in Mt. Vernon, Washington but flew to Dhaka, Bangladesh with my parents......Read More

Greetings curious and courageous pilgrims! Under eclipsed skies I write to you from my adopted home, Pun Pun Farm, a seed-saving center located in the far north of Thailand, but a stones throw (well, a stones throw for Lord Hanuman!) away from the......Read More

Namaste everyone! I am Dolly Pandey and I’m the Local Director for the Bridge Year India program. I was born in the southern part of India in a strict Hindu family. I grew up in Kolkata in the state of West Bengal on the eastern coast of India.......Read More

Namaste, dear friends: The deepest part of me salutes the deepest part of you. In Varanasi, the region of north India that we’ll call home for six and a half months, there is a saying: अतिथिदेवो भव, Atithi Devo Bhava: A Guest......Read More

Welcome to your Bridge Year Yak Board! As you’ll soon discover, this board is a valuable forum for: introductions by staff and participants addressing all questions regarding packing and trip preparation posting live updates on the country’s......Read More