Yesterday we were at the Jansen School of Business in our beautiful salwar kameez outfits. Many pictures were taken. Met with a male graduate who’s now an entrepreneur and a female student in her first year. They were both fun to talk to. His factory produces for Roca Wear. I feel like a bit of a fraud when we are supposed to discuss business and I really don’t know the first thing about it. But there’s always something to talk about and learn, especially in these settings when both sides are eager to please and enjoy. I don’t think I have time now to go into all the details from my notes, but we talked about gender and family structure mostly. Lunch was delicious, including fresh pineapple, papaya, some type of orange and watermelon juice!
Next we had a tour of a textile factory, a high privilege not offered to many. Next we drove in lots of exciting traffic to a bizarre. It was kind of seedy, like similar fairs in the US. One salesman was rather aggressive squeezing bangles over my hand. I don’t anticipate taking them off. We had dinner at a fancy hotel with a grand lobby and large buffet. I didn’t feel like eating, so I just had desserts. Again I was extremely tired. I’m so grateful that I haven’t been sick at all. We came back to the hotel wiped out and it was so nice to find another gift waiting for us, beautiful shawls.
Today is Friday and we’re being treated like celebrities at the GIM school. I feel weird being in the computer lab when the students toiled for a week preparing for our visit and we’re not being with them right now. They welcomed us with fireworks, a parade, coconut water (in coconuts), dressed us in saris complete with accessories, ceremonies, performances, presentations, served tea and cookies while we watched, took videos and a million photos, games, lunch, even a cow! Holy cow. Lots to take in.
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