Caste System

How a 2000 year old social delineation still hangs on today.
Through a long tradition, India has developed a system of social stratification. The caste system. The caste system assigns your class status, your place in the society, based on the family you’re born into. The system is tightly interwoven with Hindu religious traditions [...]

Electricity Problem

The phone was out the other day. It reminded me of India. Phone out, Water out, Internet out, Electricity out.
The School apparently has the the same program as most people in the Gaya area. Electricity is pirated. People just peal back the insulation from the main wires and then make their own tap. It’s [...]

RISE UP MOVIE EVENT- I Know I’m not Alone

Rise UP is hosting the following movie event at good old McMenamins.
Addition encore showing at 12 noon on Sunday May 25th also.
Be somebody, Be there.

RISE UP – Night of Gratitude

Yeah a fine night was had at the new Poet House on Friday May 9th, 2008. RISE UP held a evening of thanks and gratitude for……………well for everyone and everything. The art space at the Poet House loft / art sudio / jungle room got a work out.

Robert was MC for the event. There were [...]

Entry for May 19, 2008 New Blog Link

Hey Y’all
To make things better and easier we’re moving the blog to worldpress.com
Click
New Blog Link
To take you to
http://riseupindia.wordpress.com/
see ya there
Cheers Curtis

Hello – RISE UP India has moved to here – WordPress.com

We’ve moved to made things easier and better. Hopefully you’ll like it. Cheers Curtis
To view the old blog RISE UP India.
click http://360.yahoo.com/curtisbradfish

Below is one of the last posts from the old blog for RISE UP India.
Entry for April 27, 2008
RISE UP

We have arrived back to simmering Delhi. [...]

RISE UP INDIA SAMPLE LOGO

What’sup here’s a sample of a logo I was working on for the Rise Up school in India.
RISE UP is a charitable organization based in Bend, Oregon, USA. It is dedicated to to helping children in impoverished settings by provideing education and other aid with the goal to prevent child exploitation. RISE UP uses art [...]

Entry for May 05, 2008, Cinco de Mayo

Photo: Painted Elephant Eye
We rolled back into Bend last Friday. We enjoy breathing clean air and the light traffic on the roads. Driving was boring. Except for Curtis made a roadside charitable donation. His ‘91 Ford Taurus wagon gave up the ghost on I-5 in Tualatin on the way to Bend. Sheri [...]