Mango Blue

Helene and I have left Gram Vikas. Our departure takes place exactly four months after we arrived, wide-eyed, on Gram Vikas’ lush campus at the beginning of winter. I won’t lie: we had hopes of staying here one year, so ...

One… two… Is this thing on? Three months since our last blog post… And to think I had such good intentions of diligently posting, chronicling our experience as we enter the development field. I saw myself tracking the stirrings of ...

When we tell friends about our choice to go work in India in international development, one question returns often: Why help abroad? Why not at home? There’s no denying there’s plenty to do back here in Canada. We may have ...

Guest post by Helene. As we prepare for our new adventure, we spend a lot of time reading online resources. We’re big fans of a forum known as India Mike, for one. India Mike, in many ways, is the Indian ...

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” —Attributed to Seneca the Younger,  1st Century AD I don’t believe in fate. Not really. But I believe in auspicious beginnings: those times when things align just so, and the world opens ...