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Guest Essay

By Rachel Feintzeig

Ms. Feintzeig is a writer based in Connecticut.

When I was 24, I traveled to India and had a hard time of it. There were canceled flights in Delhi, a trip to a tiny hospital in Kerala and a rickshaw ride next to a man holding a very large rifle in Agra. When I came home, shaken and sporting stitches in one leg (not from the rifle), I gallantly told everyone about my adventure, about how challenging........

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