Friday morning at school, Katie and I worked with some of the children reading. We are continually pleased to see the progress the children are making in this area as each have some close attention with Kiran, Roger, Katie and myself around to practice reading and conversation. We also have begun planning a curriculum for a sex education course for both the boys and girls. We are working on an invitation for some guest male volunteers to come teach the boys while we teach the girls, with help from the teachers of course.
Friday afternoon....full of possibilities! And, we were invited to the movies with Kiran, Roger, Anita, and Duhn, some of the school volunteers and administration. We saw a Hindi film called "PK" about an alien who is dropped into New Delhi. He looks sort of human, but has "dumbo" ears and has to learn how to dress, eat, use money, and speak Hindi! By chance, the alien, PK, runs into Jaggu, a young woman who works as a TV broadcaster. Jaggu just returned to Delhi from Europe after falling in love with a Pakistani man, arranging a wedding in a wedding chapel, and being dumped at the altar!
Here is a link to the trailer if you'd like to watch: PK Trailer .
Despite their differences, PK and Jaggu form a close bond and proceed to oust religious impostors in Delhi during PK's search for his "rock," a type of compass he needs to communicate with his planet and return home. Amidst comedy and drama, PK searches many major religious traditions in Delhi for the god who can answer his prayer of finding his compass. Then, interspersed throughout the show, songs and dancing would take over and beautiful music came from the speakers, the characters strutting in an elaborate routine while advancing the plot in some way.
Anyways, I am sure you can imagine how complicated this movie was! But, Katie and I appreciated seeing the well-planned cinematography and enjoyed the thought-provoking theme the movie related. Each religious tradition has its outward signs and symbols, things by which people who follow it should be recognized. There are also people who seek to exploit followers of each tradition for several reasons, but mostly for money, by pretending to be saviors and fountains of knowledge. In the end though, respect for others seems to be the universal language through which we communicate, no matter how different we are, or what prayers we would like to have answered.
Friday afternoon....full of possibilities! And, we were invited to the movies with Kiran, Roger, Anita, and Duhn, some of the school volunteers and administration. We saw a Hindi film called "PK" about an alien who is dropped into New Delhi. He looks sort of human, but has "dumbo" ears and has to learn how to dress, eat, use money, and speak Hindi! By chance, the alien, PK, runs into Jaggu, a young woman who works as a TV broadcaster. Jaggu just returned to Delhi from Europe after falling in love with a Pakistani man, arranging a wedding in a wedding chapel, and being dumped at the altar!
Here is a link to the trailer if you'd like to watch: PK Trailer .
Despite their differences, PK and Jaggu form a close bond and proceed to oust religious impostors in Delhi during PK's search for his "rock," a type of compass he needs to communicate with his planet and return home. Amidst comedy and drama, PK searches many major religious traditions in Delhi for the god who can answer his prayer of finding his compass. Then, interspersed throughout the show, songs and dancing would take over and beautiful music came from the speakers, the characters strutting in an elaborate routine while advancing the plot in some way.
Anyways, I am sure you can imagine how complicated this movie was! But, Katie and I appreciated seeing the well-planned cinematography and enjoyed the thought-provoking theme the movie related. Each religious tradition has its outward signs and symbols, things by which people who follow it should be recognized. There are also people who seek to exploit followers of each tradition for several reasons, but mostly for money, by pretending to be saviors and fountains of knowledge. In the end though, respect for others seems to be the universal language through which we communicate, no matter how different we are, or what prayers we would like to have answered.
