Vickie Belcher

Urbanist, Overthinker

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Musings while living abroad in a city of 14 million.

  • Bye bye gallbladder

    Bye bye gallbladder

    I’ve been editing this post because my default voice as a blogger is to approach my writing with some levity and perspective—this is a little harder for more vulnerable moments. Bengaluru was transformative for my personal growth in many amazing ways, but some moments really just sucked. The crown jewel of sucky moments was a…

  • Guess Who’s Back? / connecting it all

    Ellarigu Namaskara!! After a whirlwind summer and some much-needed downtime with my parents, I am back in Texas. This post is the first of a few post-Bengaluru reflections. The last year was transformative to say the very least, and now begins the fun of connecting the dots with all these learnings as I finish my…

  • A trip to the Kham River

    In Bengaluru, I have the privilege of working with an NGO called Paani Earth Foundation that works on information access to support the health of river systems in Bengaluru. While some days at the office are more standard, meetings, report writing etc, the past few weeks have been full of unique experiences from conducting biosampling…