Traditional Indian Welcome at School

  

At first we woke up in the morning & had breakfast & got ourselves ready for leaving.The traffic was so busy that we came a little bit late for this traditional welcome, so that was a shame :c We were greeted with dots between eyebrows, which  were by each of our partner,  & flower  necklesses. We also had a chance to say thank you to  the Principal, & Vice-principal of Delhi Public School, Sapna`Mam and Mamta Ma`m who gave their hearts into this exchange and made it happened. Then we got the meeting with the Principal. Adata Misra. Ma`m  is such a nice person, She sends so much positive energy. She introduced herself to us & also we were introducing ourselves & telling about our experience about the exchange until now. Ma`m gave as while to present why we got into the exchange… I believe  for me it was culture, tolerance, flavors and curiosity what is happening in such an exotic and diversed country like India.  Many of us already settled nicely in the host families, myself too. We picked up some Hindu Language and tasted a variety of food.  After the meeting we got into a school bus & went to Dalli Haat. On this bazaar they’re selling handcraft items from different states, so it was very colourful (like all India but shhh). The biggest mistake I’ve made today was not to take my camera with me! This place was so beautiful & I feel like I’ve just missed that… but at least great memories in my mind… We were so lucky  to have girls beside us, so they could bargain a lot to make prices lower than original ones <3. We all bought so much & came back so happy to our family houses, to have dinner & get rest. Tomorrow the next exciting and lovely day coming. Thank you my Indian family and friends for making my stay enriching in positive values and energy. By Joanna Zagrodzka.

 

  

  

 

 

Traditional  welcome and  trip to Dilli Haat (18 March 2015)

Asia and I woke up around 7:00 a.m.  After getting  ready we had breakfast  of delicious  paranthas (stuffed bread) a common and  the most loved Indian breakfast  with sweet buttermilk   and started for school . Normally it is just a 10 minutes  drive  from home to school  but thanks to the traffic we ended up getting 10 minutes late !! On reaching school at 8:55 am,  our Polish friends were extended a warm traditional welcome in school  with a garland of flowers  and a tilak  and in return they gave us cuffs  and a  school  tie . We  had a an interactive session with our  Principal , Mrs. Aditi Misra , Vice Principal  Ms Santvna  Thadani ,Dean Student Welfare Ms Sapna  Dhawan ,Ms Anna ,Ms Mamta Kumar, Ms. Shreya Jain along with our parents  . We introduced ourselves and and shared why we were a part of this exchange. Ms Anna  told us about the  school , their culture and the importance of the exchange from her perspective.We left for Dilli Haat by school bus .it is also known as the shoppers' paradise  ! On  the way learned few polish words like zen dobrey ( written in English )and a few polish tongue twisters .We reached by 10 :00am and had a lot of fun  and experienced some things for the first time !! how to bargain !We  were done with our shopping by 2:00pm We had dosa from the Tamil Nadu stall and steamed momos from the Nagaland stall . We left for school at 2:10 pm  and  on the way enjoyed the bumpy ride on the back seat reached school by 3:45 pm . In the evening we rested , tried delicious indian fish , went to bed early  because the next day we had to  wake up really early . I really love my partner because she is sweet and is willing to try new things.    By Saundarya Chaudhary