India
Entry #10: India Good afternoon to wherever you are in the world! I just got back from India. The first day in any new country is filled with two things consistently, excitement and confirmation bias. I am always filled with such anticipation to get off the ship and explore a new zone. Everyone always has their perspective of what the country we are heading to is going to look like. Whether that’s because of the info we collect from Global Studies or external research, we always have a bias. The confirmation bias for me at least, is always challenged. No matter how much I expect to already know about a place, I am constantly surprised. The only difference today is that my first day included anticipation and confirmation bias, but also included communism. Yes you heard that right. I have a field class today for Chad Emmett’s Political Geography, where we will be exploring and hearing about the communist party of Kochi, India. The state of India we are in, Kerala...