Today we had another kick-off day! The head of Essar's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), came from Bombay and explored his ideas for the project with us.
By the way: I was pretty confused in the beginning by the wording Mumbai versus Bombay...to make it clear, it's one and the same city, it just got renamed caused to some political reasons...but people who live in Bombay just call it Bombay. Since I am living in this country here for more than one month, I decided also just to say Bombay anymore.
So while we were discussing the timeline and the statement of Work, the client decided that today will be the first day we'll go to a school. So we went to the first government school this afternoon and it was sooo exciting!!!!
The children were so nice and shy...it was really so inspiring to meet them...when we asked for their interests in music, one boy sang a song in gujarati (the regional language which is spoken here) and two other girls showed us a welcome dance. Paula and me spontaneously took some lessons there:
http://gicainindia.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/day5-gujarati-welcome-dance/
Another interesting thing about India is the way they communicate non-verbal. Indian's use to shake with their head all the time when they are listening (kind of europeans do it, when they disagree). But in india this could just mean everything "yes", "no", "maybe", "so&so"...it's funny, cause we are just not used to that way of communication.
Tomorrow will be a public holiday (indian independence day) and we'll join them in their celebrations at the Essar's township. I'm really looking forward to that.
20ibmcsc india
By the way: I was pretty confused in the beginning by the wording Mumbai versus Bombay...to make it clear, it's one and the same city, it just got renamed caused to some political reasons...but people who live in Bombay just call it Bombay. Since I am living in this country here for more than one month, I decided also just to say Bombay anymore.
So while we were discussing the timeline and the statement of Work, the client decided that today will be the first day we'll go to a school. So we went to the first government school this afternoon and it was sooo exciting!!!!
The children were so nice and shy...it was really so inspiring to meet them...when we asked for their interests in music, one boy sang a song in gujarati (the regional language which is spoken here) and two other girls showed us a welcome dance. Paula and me spontaneously took some lessons there:
http://gicainindia.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/day5-gujarati-welcome-dance/
Another interesting thing about India is the way they communicate non-verbal. Indian's use to shake with their head all the time when they are listening (kind of europeans do it, when they disagree). But in india this could just mean everything "yes", "no", "maybe", "so&so"...it's funny, cause we are just not used to that way of communication.
Tomorrow will be a public holiday (indian independence day) and we'll join them in their celebrations at the Essar's township. I'm really looking forward to that.
20ibmcsc india
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