The Girl with the Glass

So we had the Diwali Festival at Columbus, Indiana today. It was sponsored by Cummins, which bears quite the tie both with India and DePauw, and so a bunch of us DePauw students had the opportunity to go and enjoy a myriad performances--dancing, singing, fashion shows and the works. The performers included every possible age group, and some of the kids were particularly adorable in that they went through an enormous amount of practice to put the show together. I feel like the biggest highlight, however, was certainly the food! (Lord knows I did my best at over-indulging, and how!) We had Malai Koftas, which are basically a kind of vegetable cutlet submerged in a cream gravy; chicken curry, and Saag--a sort of spinach in curry. We had Raita, too, which I've sorely missed--it's vegetables mixed with plain yogurt and spices. And as a grand finale, we had delightful Gulab Jamuns! (I'm not quite going to attempt at explaining what they are, because I doubt I could do them justice). All in all, it was certainly a fun event... and pictures are soon to come!

Other than that, this week's been really exhausting. It was Fall Break week, but me being me, I ended up burying myself knee deep in work interspersed with movie/One Tree Hill marathons. I can't say that it hasn't been deeply enjoyable, though--I've got a lot of work done, a lot of fantastic books read, a ton of intriguing movies watched, and a lot of hours with fun faculty spent!

I'll update this place soon with the Diwali pictures--be sure to keep a watch out!