Hello mates. Well, in speaking with our team leader Chris Langlois, it's been determined that this page will evolve from a blog that will update friends and family to a way to communicate with all of Rotary for our district in Michigan and Canada as well as with the clubs we'll visit in Uttar Pradesh. We had our final group meeting this weekend, did fun little things like host a speaker who has traveled to India for Rotary (albeit two decades ago), attaching Rotary patches to blazers and watching a movie, The Namesake, on an Indian family and their new lives as Indian Americans. It was the adaptation of a book by Jhumpa Lahiri (I believe I spelled her name correctly, help me out here Krista!). We went to eat at a fine restaurant called Naya, which has a sampling of all types of international foods. Then we ventured out for some music and played some pool. Quite honestly, Anne and I owned the pool table for much of the night! Go team! Sunday we had some breakfast together, went over each of our presentations for India and dispersed. Next time we meet will be in the GR airport Dec. 28 for our trip to Detroit, through Paris, and on to Delhi. Our trip will begin in earnest Dec. 30 day when we fly to Varanasi and begin travels on the ground for a month. Attached is a photo of the team chatting, sewing patches, and yes, sipping wine.
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Hello, Patrick! Love the blog - great posts. You spelled Jhumpa's name right. Read "The Namesake" and/or "Interpreter of Maladies" and you will be moved greatly. The film version of "The Namesake" made me go into crazy internet research mode on the music of India - it's so incredibly beautiful. Lucky guys - you get to hear it with your own ears, in its native land.
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