letters from south asia

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Leah and Raol

Remember the baby I told you all about, the baby on the sidewalk near the office? I officially met the family today - after dropping off mango juice and biscuits a few times, I finally learned how to ask "what is your name?" in Bengali. This morning Liz and I asked, "Tomar naam ki?" to the mother. I couldn't understand her name - something along the lines of Sulajit, but then the little girl, who is maybe 1 1/2 - 2, pulled on my hand and told me "Amar naam holo Leah!" She was holding the cookies we brought and just smiling and smiling. She laughs when I ruffle her cropped hair (I suspect it's growing back after a lice-induced buzz cut) and she loves it when I hold her arms and swing her around. She introduced her little brother (the baby, 3-4 months) as "Raol." Please keep these little ones in your thoughts - I saw the mom (I'll just call her Sulajit until I know differently) watching another lady operate this huge old manual sewing machine on the sidewalk a few days ago - I'm hoping that Sulajit is learning to be a seamstress or something.

I'm leaving for a weekend in Delhi, with a visit to Agra to see the Taj Mahal after work today! So excited!

XOXOXO

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