Sarees, Pujabis, and more

Nirav and I have been very busy the last two weekends. Last weekend, Nirav's parents came to visit us. Since our friends, Mike and Dawn, love Indian food so much, we had them over for some authenic Punjabi (North Indian) cuisine. I wanted to take some pictures of the food but we were so busy stuffing ourselves that I completely forgot.

Mom, Dawn, me, Allyson, and Ben (the dog)

I thought when Allyson came over she would be playing with Ben but she was more interested in playing dress up with my Indian accessories.



That same weekend, we went to Atlanta for an engagement party. The party was for Nirav's childhood friend, Neil and his finance, Kinjal. The party was hosted at an Indian restaurant called The Palace. They served a wide array of Indian cuisines: Punjabi, South Indian and Indian-Chinese dishes. Again, I meant to take pictures of the food, but I was too busy stuffing myself and checking out everyone's attire.

me wearing my punjabi and Mom wearing her saree

Neil, Nirav, and Neil's younger brother Nemil

Kinjal, Neil, Nirav, me and Nemil

This weekend, we traveled to Montgomery to visit Nirav's parents. They just bought a house for the first time in 20 years. While I was there, Mom had fun dressing me up in a traditional Indian saree. She also showed me some of the many ways to wear the saree.

Hope you enjoyed seeing me all dressed up in my punjabi and saree. You will get to see more pictures in about six months for Neil and Kinjal's wedding. I will have two outfits at that time...one for the Dandiya Raas (night of dancing) and the other for the Lagaan (the wedding).

Click on these links for a Dandiya Raas preview:

Professional dancers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQsK-cIIzK8

This is more like what we will be doing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liMj6GEo9Gc