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How AIESEC intern Carly decided to work in India.

As AIESEC intern Genevieve prepares for her overseas placement, "helpful horror stories" aren't making her task any easier. 

How to take full advantage of the country of a billion opportunities.

A late-night trek in Pushkar allows travellers to discover India's spiritual side.

We'd been had!

One of the first questions I would receive, no matter where I was in Tamilnadu, was if I could speak any Tamil. My reply was always good for a laugh. I’d start with the three words I knew well – vannakkam (hello), nandri (thank you), aamaa (yes) – and whomever I was talking to would let out a chuckle. These were the words any tourist knew, and even though I’d been in the southern Indian state for a nearly month, I hadn’t managed to pick up much more.

It's easy to think about studying or volunteering abroad in terms of people from the West going away.

The age-old adage 'find out for yourself'' is utterly obligatory.

I am sitting on a bench outside Haldwani bus station, a rural chicken stop in the far north of India. 

In a city where street kids don't often make it to school, a bus brings learning to their doorsteps.

A gap year gig turns into a quest to show travellers a hidden side of urban India.

Kashmir, located high in the Himalayas where India and Pakistan guard their borders, has been a flash point between the two countries for more than fifty years.