Yesterday marked the end of my first week in India. The only three boys on the program, Darren, Austin, and I, have moved into our home stay where we will be living for the next eight weeks. Our “Uncle” and “Auntie” (as they are having us call them) are very kind and Uncle is quite the funnyman. Our Auntie is an amazing cook and has said she’s going to slowly add more spices into the food we eat over the semester so we can increase our tolerance for Indian spices food (we have such weak American stomachs apparently).
Yesterday, Darren and I went into the very center for Delhi. We visited the Rikhi Ram Music Shop, a very famous sitar dealer. After browsing through the store and trying out a few sitars I noticed some photographs on the wall. In 1966, the Beatles had visited this exact shop and purchased some sitars from these craftsmen. Pictures of Paul and George were on the wall with their arms around the owner and craftsmen. I am excited to purchase a sitar here in the coming weeks and know that the same hands that crafted an instrument for George will be the ones crafting one for me. Definite good vibes.
Now, today we are all meeting at the program center for lunch to share stories of what our home stays are like. After, the program directors will be taking us to a Bollywood film which, despite the fact I’ll be unable to understand the dialogue, will still be an interesting and funny excursion.
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