Here is a short video I made with some of the photos from the play:

Perspectives Video

My good friend, Bernard, is directing a play here and we're all super excited about it.  It's called Perspectives on the Cross and will be first performed at a renowned theater in the city.  We're also hoping that it can be performed at the Gandhi Ashram.  It's a cast of eleven people, including Bernard and my roommate, Anna.  I took head shots and some group photos the other day.  They're a good looking group!

 

This past Sunday and Monday was Holi, the festival of Colors. On Monday, people were  throwing/spraying/pouring colors on each other.  I made it through the day, with even wearing a white shirt, without having much damage.

So here are some of the photos from when my family was here!  What a fun time we had!  We went to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where it was super cold, and the Taj Mahal.  Then Mom and Dad came to my city for a few days.  It was really nice to have them here.

Both, Bernard and Anna had/have birthdays this month, so we had a combined dance birthday party.  It was quite an evening.  Six of us prepared a special dance for Bernard, which included clips from 4 Bollywood songs.  I'll give the link for the video of the dance when it's posted, but for now here's some photos of the evening! 

Not only did my sister get to come, but my parents arrived on New Year's Eve and stayed til January 14th.  I'll post photos from our many adventures later, but first I'm going to post photos from the last day they were here. They got to experience one of the best festivals of the year, Uttarayan, which is a kite festival.  People start flying their kites to practice a week or more before the actual 2 days of Uttarayan.  The actual 2 days are amazing!  They have competitions and it's really a neat sight to see.  If you have ever seen the movie, Kite Runner, it's exactly like that.  Everyone tries to cut down each other's kites and whenever you get a cut, you scream and yell.  At night, they attach lanterns to the kite string so all through the city you can see little lights glowing in the sky.
Day One : We spent the first day with our good friends, Abhishek and Sweeti and their family.  They prepared a special kite day meal, which was quite tasty.
Day Two: Bernard and I went to his friend, Abhilash's house and then that night Anna and I went to our friend, Chaitri's house.
I was really happy my parents were able to be here for this festival.  We had a lot of fun and were taught how to fly the kites.  I even, made a cut, accidentally, but I did it! 

I was so blessed to be able to have my sister here during Christmas.  She helped out with all our Christmas gatherings and was able to meet all our friends.  We had a different program almost every night beginning from the day she arrived on the 18th to the 26th.  We were really busy but it was an amazing Christmas!  Click on the links below to see photos from each event.