Happy New Year!

We spent the better part of the day at one of the Baha’i Centres in Bangalore. There was a Naw Ruz program with dancing, singing, a skit, and a panel discussion. All this before lunch! We particularly enjoyed the dancing. A young girl was performing and she was so expressive, particularly with the eye movements, and she had an amazing costume as well, complete with ankle bracelets with bells.

We had a late lunch, which is typical of India, and then we sat and chatted with a few Baha’is that remained for the rest of the afternoon.

In the evening we had some facilitated discussions around the topic of service and how we can serve humanity in our own ways. This was then followed by some games and then a bon fire and supper. I particularly liked the activity during the games session where four fellows sat in a square and then had to lean on each other. Eventually they could remove the four chairs that were supporting them. I’ll have to remember that one for another time.

The girls had a great time playing with the other kids. In particular they had fun with Ruhi, who was another eight year old girl. I’m not sure what they did all afternoon, but we didn’t hear or see much of them and whenever we did see them, they were full of smiles, so I guess it must have been good... or really bad??!!!

We ended the evening with supper. We had a Persian soup that we hadn't had for a long time and it was delicious! There was a lot of left-over food from the day and I thought it very nice that it was packaged up and given to those in need, that very night.

Happy New Year everyone!

CM