Today we had to leave Mysore and Infosys. We were fortunate enough to meet with Dr. Subraya the director of the entire Infosys-Mysore training operation before we left. He actually took the time to speak with us at length about the company which was incredibly nice of him. Then we did some shopping, gave our presentations at the midway point between Mysore and Bangalore and then went back to XIME. Wifi, again! We had to say goodbye to Parakh as he's staying with family in Hyderabad for a bit longer and therefore was dropped off at the train station. As I said in my last post, I'll really miss everyone in the group.
Today's another holiday, Sankranti- a kite festival. More about it here: Makar Sankranti
I learned a lot during this trip. This was my first time outside of the US, besides going to Jamaica. This was also my first time traveling by myself. I gained so much both educationally and personally. India is a great place, everyone should get a chance to experience this country at least once!
India is a land of contradictions. On one hand you have places like Infosys while on the other, you have poor farming villages. However, there is more to India than what meets the eye. As a whole, it's an energetic and hopeful country that I think will do amazing things in the future.
Library wise, I learned about all the different ways of organizing knowledge in India. You can do something very different as with TATA where people can come for classes to learn new skills or a more traditional approach as with IIMB.
I learned how different public libraries are here in the sense that they are more like reading rooms while in the US they're community centers where you can access a variety of books beyond just checking out books.
Bye India, it's been fun- onward to London.
ಹೋಗಿ ಅವಕಾಶ - "Let's go!"
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