Ken and I work in the Chanderpuri community on Tuesdays (it’s nice to
be able to travel once a week together). This Tuesday was CHILDREN’S
DAY and so we were there to join in their celebrations.
Guests from the local community were invited, speeches made, songs sung and finally 4 beautiful dancers entertained us with folk dances.
Many of the children proudly wore their new polo shirts that were donated by St Mary’s and St Peter’s School in Teddington. Thank you Allison, Deidre and Christine for adding them to your luggage!!!
We’ve also been meeting Amanda and Victoria as they visit all the communities collecting recipes, life stories and tasting various dishes (we’ve been in on the tastings too - big bonus!!)
Thankfully our ‘monkey visitor’ from last week has not reappeared - however I would have been quite happy for him to take my attempt at a microwave chocolate cake...... it didn’t turn out quite as expected.....
Today is the beginning of our week’s (half term) holiday - a much needed rest and time to look ahead and prepare for the next 3 months.
We’re looking forward to travelling to Amritsar to see the Golden Temple and the Pakistan/India Wagah Attari Border Ceremony.
Wagah is a village situated on the Golden Trunk Road between Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan and Amritsar, India. It serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between Pakistan and India.
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| Children wearing their new polo shirts and waiting for the celebrations to begin. |
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| A special folk dance performed by four girls from Chanderpuri. |
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| Great attention to detail!! |
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| Children and visitors gather to celebrate 'Children’s Day'. |
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| Fun counting games with Incy Wincy Spider.... |
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| Mums and Toddlers have fun with catching games...... |
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| “Come back monkey, look in the microwave .... time for cake?” |
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| A very important moment as Rani shares the secrets of her Shahi Paneer recipe.... one to definitely buy the book for!! |
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| Ken saw the fumigation lorry arrive at Chanderpuri yesterday..... |
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| Results ......... hopefully it did some good? |
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