Hindi language and Rajasthani culture and civilization.
Students also design an individual research project.
The first two weeks of the program will take place in Mt. Abu, a lovely, temperate hill-station resort located in the Aravalli mountains in southern Rajasthan. Students will undergo intensive Hindi instruction. The group will then spend six days in the beautiful lakeside city of Udaipur, attending lectures and performances by local scholars and artists. The primary location for the program is in the city of Jodhpur, the gateway to the great western desert in northwest India and a bustling small city, rich in colorful regional traditions of Rajasthan. The program is housed in the Mehrangarh Fort that served as the palace of the Maharajas of Jodhpur for nearly 500 years.