Friday, September 14, 2007

ISH Inauguration

Today we spent the day at the International School of Hyderabad's inaugural event. It was really awesome, as is the new school. Much of the school opens out to the air, and it is heavy in natural light. Very cool.

As is so often the case in Asia, there was something beautiful to mark the site of the auspicious event. It's interesting how often you hear and read the word "auspicious" here. I don't think I heard that word ten times during my four decades in the US.

You'll notice the star of David is in the center of the rangoli. It's all over the place - as are swastikas and a variety of other symbols that we don't quite "get" yet in terms of how they relate to Indian culture.



Look closely in some of the pictures, you'll see Jonah in the sitting area with a gaggle of other young ones, Liam standing amongst the Secondary School crowd, and Aidan in a choir.

We found out today Liam is on the student council.








Have a gander at the way things are built here. This is the to-be dining area..... Even a beautiful facility like ISH gets built in this fashion.



We had an awesome lunch and then we drove away down the long exit from the ICRISAT facility where the school is located.