8 days out...

Among the list of things to do before I leave for India in just over a week, I decided that because of the need to share my tales of India with a wide range of people, a blog might be the best place to put those tales. I intend to get my writing and pictures up here to make it easier on everyone.

So for all of those who I have yet to give an adequate explanation of what I will be doing in India, I am going on a field study through BYU. A field study is a chance for undergrads to design their own research project and then carry it out in their chosen country. My group will consists of six (hereafter referred to as the "Bylakuppe Six"), all with different majors and different projects.

My project will be revolving around the Tibetan independence movement among the Tibetan exiles in India. For those that don't know much about the Tibetan independence movement, to put it simply (which it is very far from anything simple) it is the group of Tibetans that hope to win Tibet back from the Chinese government, who currently owns Tibet. (For a map: http://www.nj.org/tv/tibet_map.china.tibet.gif). What I hope to do is learn why young adults (ages 18-30) choose to be involved in the movement, who they are and what they hope to gain from the movement.