Ok, I know, its been waaaay too long since I've posted. This is partially due to the fact that the internet has been exceptionally slow recently, and partially due to the fact that I've been really really busy. Obviously there's no way I can tell you everything that's happened, but I'll try to go over the high lights.
Last week all the volunteers took the girls on the train to Shodpur to go to a theater and watch a Bengali movie called Challenge. It was good, but of course there were no subtitles so I couldn't completely follow it. My favorite part of it was how enthusiastic the audience was. When the main character first came out, everyone clapped and cheered.
Summer camp continued. We had the last session today. The kids really loved it. Some of my favorite things we did were tie-dying and marbling paper.
We tried to bake cookies in a solar oven, but it totally didn't work. They were in the oven for 5 hours and they weren't even all the way done. The internet site said things would take about twice as long to cook. Bull.
I baked the rest of the dough at Subhamita's house the next day. Most people here don't have ovens, and no one, including Subhamita and Kakoli, had ever baked cookies before. The real cookies were a big hit though.
I went to the Nayak's house for dinner last week. (They are a family who lived in the US for a few years. I went to their house for dinner back in the fall) I wore a salwar and ate the food with my hands, which they were happy to see. They gave me the recipe for a paneer dish they served which is almost ecaxtly like my favorite dish at an Indian restaraunt back home.
I can't believe I have less than 5 weeks left here. Time just flies.
~m
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