Greetings from Delhi once again! I first of all would like to say that Kasey and I were unaffected by the tropical cyclone that was supposed to hit West Bengal. We left the farm 220 km from Kolcutta, West Bengal. India was not affected but so far 224 people have been reported dead and hundreds of thousands had to evacuate their homes. But here we are in our friends animation studio in Delhi but we will only be here for 5 more hours until we get on a train to Bir to attend a student workshop about social change and our privledges. Our plans are changing a lot right now and I dont think we will be attending the Bija Vidyapeeth course by Navdanya, its sort of complicated. We are currently making other plans. We just spent 2 weeks in the Bakura distric in West Bengal on a farm nestled among many small villages with houses made from adobe situated among palm trees and endless rice fields. It was so beautiful, peaceful and smog free! What a relief. Here is an article that I wrote very quickly for the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Dr. Debal Deb's organization. Check it out and also look at the pics of Basudha and learn a bit more about where we stayed. Please look up the growing injustice that is occuring in Nandigram, West Bengal. We have been reading the local paper daily regarding this issue and it is very dishartening to see how facism still thrives in this country. We have to bounce because we must figure out our plans and get packed for our 5 day adventure to Bir for the Deer Park Institute class.

Shanti! (Peace)
-Liz

websites: http://www.cintdis.org the article might not be up yet but you and certainly browse the site.

http://www.deerpark.in/ this is the website of the youth conference we are heading to tonight!