Tuesday, January 01, 2008

REFLECTIONS OF INDIA - "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

January 1, 2007 - to Madurai, Tamil Nadu

HAPPY NEW YEAR! We pedaled over 87 miles along National Highway 7 in the state of Tamil Nadu, India on New Year's Day 2007. And in every village and town we heard the cheerful greeting, "Happy New Year!" Perhaps this is only one of a few words or phrases many Tamil Nadu residents know in English, but it was related with gusto.

GOING TO SCHOOL. The happy greetings heartened us on our third day--one of our longest--of riding south to north, right through the center of India. Throughout the six-week ride, we encountered many uniformed school children waiting for buses and walking together to school in the towns. These boys were pretty excited to be in front of the camera. Photo by Joe James

Thanks for your interest in our effort to raise awareness and support to rebuild Umri Christian Hospital in Umri, Yavatmal, India

1 comment:

Ishan said...

great...ur efforts are truly commendable...being an indian it intrigues how foreigners see our country as...however it gives a different perspective fresh and different:)....india is a country within country..generations within generations....i hope u acheive the goal