Maya's best friend Aanya is off school for two weeks at the moment, visiting her mother's family in Delhi so Maya's been feeling rather folorn. I know she has other friends at school but the poor love can't remember any of their names (in fact, it's just occurred to me that maybe this has something to do with why Aanya is her 'best friend' - because with the likes of Baijayanthi's and Balasandhya's she plays with, Aanya is the sole name she can pronounce, let alone remember!).
Anyway, the photo above is of a couple of new friends, Anou and Jaya (which she can say - hooray). Their parents are from England but their mother's parents moved over to the UK from the Punjab and since moving to Bangalore just before us, they're feeling very at home being in India. We met them at the Kutteeram hotel a couple of weeks ago and yesterday they had us round to their house for an amazing lunch. Maya was in heaven. Since they're out here permanently, all their bits and bobs came with them from England and Maya spent about 2 hours just sitting in their room, staring open-mouthed at their pink walls, pink duvet covers, pink dolls house and pink doll prams. It all nearly ended in tears when Maya tried to kidnap one of those dolls that sucks their thumbs and whose eyes open and close but in the end she was talked out of it and settled on a purple balloon to match the outfit she'd chosen for herself.
On another note, it's Independence Day on friday and to celebrate this anniversary when the Britts finally let India come in to its own, there is a fancy dress competition at Maya's school. She has to wear something that celebrates Indian culture. Maya is completely obsessed with her purple skirt at the moment and has screamed so heartily the past few days when I've suggested she wears something else that I've just given in and let her wear the darn thing! Any ideas on how I can get her to participate dare I say it?!
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