Nirvana!

hey all

Sorry i have taken so long to finally write another post. Our internet is acting up and we just got back from Dehli so i havent had time to update! hmm so last thursday we met with the women i taked about before to interview them about their health and nutrition. the village was adorable. we were first brought to the head of the village who welcomed us and of course gave us chai tea. We met all of this grandchildren and his 85 year old frail mother. We were then brought to two families and in our interview with the first we talked to 2 generations of mothers about their overall health including sanitation, nutirition, and maternal health. it was so interesting. most women didnt know anything about vitamins and 85% of the women in our area are anemic. The home had one blub so a little bit of light and they had livestock - one cow which lived in their home. definitely not sanitary and it smelled terrible.

The next day we left for Dehli. We stayed at a 5 star hotel and it was so great to have running water and electricity all the time. Our water works though sometimes it turns off during the night and electricity outages happen alllllll the time. They also had AMERICAN food! They had a great deal of unlimited pizza pasta and beer for 750 ruppees which we lived on. They also had mcdonalds which was quite an experience with masala chicken burgers. We explored the redfort and went shopping. I bought SO many fantastic clothes and scarfs for so cheap. The city reminds me a lot of dc - it was a lot riched and much more modern looking than mumbai and hubli and had tons of traffic circles and even a big lawn much like the national mall.

Then we went to AGRA to see the taj mahal! it was so beautiful and way more astounding than i expected. We watched the sunrise and it was such a great day. And we left for hubli the next day and the flights are great and it feels very 60s as the flight attendance and dressed beautifully and there is so much food and there are tvs. and there were tons of ads to lighen your skin and become fairer. The people were also much lighter in the north and it has more of the steriotypical foods of india than in the south.

So now im finally back in hubli and we are working on our project. Our project is great and were creating a pictoral booklet to teach women in the villages that baif our nonprofit provide for.

And best night of all was last night where we finally went our first night club nirvana, We had tried to go in mumbai but clubs were closed due to elections and in dehli only couples are alowed in. We went to nirvana with our indian friends from our program and we danced and were crazy and quite a specticle.

okay i ahve to go to dinner!