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Day Six: Cameron Brown

Cameron Brown is a Cyber Security major. Next year, he will be his third year in college and he wanted to get some insight on the field from a different perspective and chose India to start with.

India was an extremely beneficial trip for me as I got to see the differences in the IT field, and communicate with individuals who have had great success in my career field. Today on May 12th, we visited the city of Jaipur in India and it was magnificent, and such a beautiful place. Jaipur is nicknamed the pink city as everything was painted pink and will always be as it is illegal to change the paint. The city actually looks orange at his point, as years of repainting has darkened the color of the city. Today, we visited shops where they make jewelry, and fabrics by hand. I found the individuals making jewelry interesting, as they showed us how they take the raw material and make it into a beautiful ring or necklace. It was also nice to hear that these people can make a decent living as skilled laborers without having a formal education. In the United States it’s tough to make a decent living without having an education. In some states, we actually have people with a formal education who are struggling to find work and provide for their families.

While in Jaipur, we saw and did a lot of things that were extremely interesting to me. One thing I want to reflect about was the animals that I had seen today and how some were clearly being treated inhumanely. After visiting the store where we could buy jewelry there was a camel outside sitting on the sidewalk waiting for it’s owner. After a closer look, we noticed that the camel had his nose pierced with some type of rod, and there was a rope placed in the hole to lead the animal. We learned the day before that this is painful for the animal, and they do this as a way to control the camel. It’s extremely sad to see, but I know these people are uneducated, and this has become a norm in his country over the years. This was not the case with all of the animals. While in Jaipur we also saw another camel which had a rope tied around his mouth and not going through it’s nose, which gave me the feeling that the owner cared more about the animal, and it was treated somewhat humanely. I also saw a few elephants walking through the streets of Jaipur that were decorated with beautiful colors. I’m not sure how these elephants were being treated but I have read that elephants have a pointy bone structure in their back and it can be uncomfortable for the animal when a human is on their back. Other than that, I couldn’t identity any abuse as I only got a short glimpse and there were no chains or ropes running through the body.

The last thing we did today was visit the village of  Chokhi Dhani. This is pretty much a little village that is celebrating some sort of Indian traditional fair. The village had different traditional dances, food, and animals rides. One thing that bothered me during this visit was the animals here were not being treated humanely by any means. There was camel, and elephant rides but the camels in the village had the holes in their muzzles and a rope tied through. There also was a camel that was branded on its neck. It is very hurtful to see these animals have to endure pain even if it’s for a short amount of time! I didn’t partake in the riding of any of the animals as I did not want to support that cause. We also went to have a traditional Rajastani dinner where we sat at these tiny wooden tables on the floor and eat the food with your hands. Everything was vegetarian and I was not a huge fan as I cannot handle spicy foods at all. Overall today was a really good day on this trip and I feel I learned a lot about the culture!

Cameron Brown

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