On Sunday I went to my aunt's place to stay for a couple of days. My 8 year old cousin was overjoyed to see me and had been really looking forward to meeting me. We spent the first day shopping in malls, something most people adore but it can be really tiring.
The following day I had to go for an interview with a social enterprise working with solar energy. To get to the interview I caught an auto as I was running late and on the way I saw what reminded me of the real Bangalore! The hilly roads, wide streets, ppl conversing more easily in English than in Hindi as English is an official language and Hindi is never a necessity. After waiting for a while I met the head of the foundation. She told me about their ventures and work as a organisation which was interesting to see. I kept relaying my inputs to show my keen interest in the domain and we had a good discussion . I was later introduced to some of n the interns working their. Ironically the the only international intern that was here was more upfront in showing me their work and explaining the functioning etc.
After getting back I got o properly interact with my cousin. She is a 8 year old kid that is made to sit at home in her summer so she barely has much to do to keep herself occupied and involved in. So I told her to bring out one of my favorite activity books of all time and we started to make things out of it. It took me back to the times when my father and i similarly sat down together and spent all the weekends and holidays making these amazing things!!! We would make origami hats, animals, birds, flowers and what not. We would make things out of trash or things we usually throw away! So my sister and i had a gala time making all sorts origami things out of newspapers. She was really excited and i felt good because she spent the time very constructively. She is a bright kid and i think she isn't challenged enough mentally.
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