Yesterday was Holi, our second serious Holi celebration. (see new photo album) The first year I was just too new to understand what we had to do. The kids had just arrived. It would have been fun. But it's one of those days when people stay home, afraid of getting sprayed by the intensely colored water, so no one around me said anything, and it was one of those days I spent alone with the kids. I wonder what they were thinking, in this new place with the white foreign lady who didn't speak Bengali and didn't celebrate Holi. I guess after that it could only have gotten better. By the next year I was braver, and wanted to know what we could do for Holi, how we could do it, and it was great. I'm not sure if I blogged. Some day I'll index the blog, when I have time…… And by next year maybe I'll even be up on the religious meaning of the holiday and we can add that too.
The security situation is improved. The branch manager wasn't able to change things so I called the corporate office in Delhi. I'd gotten one of those letters, "Welcome to our company…" with an invitation to call Customer Relations if I wanted — so I did. Actually their worldwide headquarters are in the UK — which would have been my next call. Delhi was wonderful and produced results. The last 36 hours have been fine.
Enjoy the pics of Holi, and here is one I didn't have the courage to put in the album because this post will be followed by others, and people will forget, but on the album…. makes no sense but the album feels more public. Enough said:
Mummy in Colours, Holi 2009
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