our group's call to arms

Here are the individual requests we've made to meet professional counterparts during our trip to India.

Carly Uhlman, Youth Probation Officer: “I am very passionate about my work with Youth Probation and I look forward to being exposed to the operation of India's Justice System. Appropriate work placements for me would include a Probation Office, the Courts, a Correctional facility and a Child Welfare agency.”

Patrick Revere, Journalist: “Among the vast groups of people I intend to meet and to be enlightened by are those who work as writers, producers and editors in the fields of media as well as the more creative, free-form artists of language and communication. I want to understand the issues that shape the past, current beliefs and desires of Indian people from an array of religious and socio-economic backgrounds. I would like to meet decision makers at The Times and families shaping community news start-ups alike.”

Karisa Wilson, Musician: “I'd like to meet musicians who perform for a living, folk/pop music, singers and instrumentalists, or any variation of the above.”

Anne Selden, Fashion Designer: “I am interested in textiles and clothing, both traditional and contemporary. I am also interested in all processes from dyeing, weaving, and manufacturing of saris to the psychology of clothing- what women in India choose to wear, how they wear it, and what that choice implies in today's India. I often draw inspiration from architecture. I look forward to seeing as many buildings, both old and new, in India as possible as the buildings are so completely different from anything I have ever seen before in the west.”