Happy Holi!

Holi!! Playing Holi! Daniel and KC made friends with the tour group staying at our hotel and decided to play Holi with them first thing in the morning!  Michelle and I played paparazzi, taking pictures of them getting covered in colored powder when one of the women came at us with handfuls of green and red paint—and the next thing we knew we were part of Holi in the hotel parking lot! 

Later in the morning, we were picked up by a small yellow car with Smile Pinki on the side to head to Dr. Subodh’s house to celebrate Holi with him and his family!  The excitement was contagious and next thing we knew we were tossing colored water and powder at everyone, jumping and dancing and running around the back yard.  Pink and yellow and green and purple and red strewn across our faces and clothes, dying our skin and hair all while laughing and breaking the ice with our host! 

After everyone was done with the “wet colors” Dr. Subodh set up the microphones for us to sing and dance along to the music.  Other doctors came by to visit and we did more Holi with them, including learning a few hip-shaking dance moves from a friend’s son.  We’ll definitely be taking that back to the C-function!

We all attempted to clean up a bit and then got to spend some more relaxed time inside with Dr. Subodh.  We held his Oscar for Smile Pinki and heard about his experience with the movie and the Academy awards.  We ate some delicious Indian food (his wife is an incredible cook) including a chickpea dish, fried bread and a pastry filled with dried coconut. 

Holi was incredible and we enjoyed spending the day with Dr. Subodh and his family at his home.  Day 1 with Dr. Subodh—AMAZING!