Guests of Indian families get spoilt. We have been given free accommodation and fed for the last 3 days by staff at Welham Boys. We’ve just worked out how important sharing, caring for guests and providing food is over here. It is considered an honour to provide these things for guests. The provider sits and watches you eat, (it has taken us a while to get used to this) Our new friends take huge pride in us enjoying their food. (Hence we have had to eat a lot!)
We tried to suggest that in NZ we share kai together but quickly realised that was not the Indian way. Guests eat first and if there is anything left, the friend then eats.
I was wearing my Fabindia skirt when i met the principal. Turns out it is her favourite shop. Somehow during our breakfast together she sent a staff member to the shop and bought me a beautiful scarf. She is seriously cool. A divorced, sassy, saavy, principal of a boys’ school. Would have loved to spend more time with her.
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