She's gone native!

It's official, Dani's gone native. At first she just donned a traditional salwar kameez, the morning we arrived. Then of course, we had to get her some stick-on pottu-s (what northerners call bindis). With that and braided hair, she looked like she could pass off as an Indian. But that was just the beginning. Then came the jasmine flowers in her hair, the kungumum from the temple, and the bangles on her wrists. We would walk the streets in Madras and Bombay and no one would give her a second look - she just blended right in. People probably assumed she was a Kashmiri college student or something. But even that wasn't the end. Daniela started picking up Indian mannerisms, like the figure-eight movement of the head, that nebulous head-nod which can mean either yes or no. She eats with her right hand (no utensils, thank you very much), and does you-know-what with her left hand. Okay, so that last part she didn't exactly take to so quickly. She was actually pretty incredulous when Pradeep gave her her first potty lesson. He even found a nice site on the web to explain the details.
http://www.pbase.com/jtodhunter/indian_toilet



Tune in next time for details on Pradeep's narrow escape from a pack of wild dogs after him for his sweet buns!