Nov 13th: The last few days

It has been an amazing couple of days at the Student Leadership summit. On the 11th, the leader of the opposition party for the National government, Mr. L. K. Advani, came to school to address the students. He has been the head of his party and a member of parliament for the past 25 years. Security was really tight - army everywhere. Then in the evening, Sonal Mansingh, the premier Indian classical dancer of the entire nation came and gave us a lecture on dance, as well as a performance by her troupe, and the final dance by herself. In between these two events were small group discussions on the issues of diversity and good governance.

On the 12th, we visited the amazing Akshardham temple. Then a representative from TATA, the leading business conglomerate in India, came and spoke about social responsibility and business. The students then worked in small groups on the issues of human resources, ethics, and sustainability.

This morning we visited a school for the blind. And this afternoon there is a panel of speakers to discuss issues of global citizenry, hunger and alternative models for economic growth.

We found some puppies on campus

Students with a traditional dancer, who performed during our dinner last night, and then he and his dance troupe came off the stage and got all the students to dance with them as well.

Teachers Kimberly, Allen and Priti showing off their henna tattoos

Assembly at the School for the Blind today