Visit to the Taj Mahal

Lots more photos to come, but we were delayed 2.5 hours on the return from Agra at an Indian railway station, so a bit too late to start posting lots of photos. Our visit at the railway station was an experience - huge rats, beggers, people peeing on the platform, street chlidren everywhere and monkies. Off to Varanasi tomorrow morning and then more photos of the Taj and our visit to Varanasi.

Day 2 - Old Delhi w/ Teresa

Day 2- Old Delhi w/ Teresa

A school bus, Indian style

The narrow streets of Old Delhi

From the top of a minaret

Also from a minaret

FINALLY!!!!

Praying at a tomb in Delhi.

On the grounds of IBM New Delhi.

Rajasthan, India

I spent 2 days in Rajasthan, where I was gathering facts on 2 trafficking cases which I am preparing for litigation. It was a fascinating trip, albeit very hot (approx 120+ degrees). The below sections entitled "Explanation to Come" include photos from the trip.

Rajasthan has a big trafficking problem and there are recent reports of young girls being kidnapped and injected with cattle hormones, causing them to develop breasts earlier. They are then sold to brothels throughout India and the Middle East. Despite numerous reports, the government has not done a thing. In fact, while we were there, we met with an aspiring politician who actually turned out to be part of the problem. He was supposed to take us to meet with families who had first hand knowledge of the problem, but instead he just kind of spun as around, leading us away from any valuable information.

My supervisor (the one on the left)

With Pankaj, a lawyer in our office.

Meeting with a family re: trafficking rings.

Rajasthan.

Explanation to Come

Explanation to Come

A hospital bed in the "maternity ward." In this hospital in rural Rajasthan, doctors are seeing an increase in child pregnancy and STDs.

Note: Not all these photos were taken by me. My camera died after the first day. Erica, another intern, took some of these photos.