During November, we had a few different social functions to bide our time until the mid-term break began in December. First up, my neighbors Millie and Sanjeev had a dinner party. The theme was Indian dress for all of the men, and Western dress for the ladies. It was a bit comical to see the Indian ladies wearing their interpretation of Western dress. Mostly they wore jeans and some sort of hat.
In the middle of November, we got a day off for Guru Nanak's birthday. Guru Nanak is considered the founder of the Sikh religion, sort of an offshoot of Hinduism. To celebrate, most of the College community attended a service at the gurudwara, a Sikh temple. There was singing and holy verse recitation throughout the days, and it culminated in a lungar, or community lunch, served by the local Sikhs. I went for the end of the celebration with my friends Alex (UK) and Steve (Canada). 
Me...jaunty head covering was provided free of charge. 
Me and Alex 
Serving the masses
Steve and Alex enjoy their lungar.
Finally, my friends Tim and Hilde (UK) had a sleep-over birthday party for their daughter Lily. They rented out an old guesthouse at a local tea plantation about thirty minutes away in the town of Kotagiri. We had the whole place to ourselves. Like most of the kids' birthday parties we've had here, it was mostly an excuse for the adults to drink beer and commisserate about India.
Tea plantation guest house
View of the tea fields
Ranjith (Sri Lanka) with Vanessa and Thomas (Australia) 
Me, Jazna (Chile), Dave (Australia), and Jeff 
No one brought marshmallows, so we had to settle for cooking dough over the fire...Alex, Jose, Gaby, Jazna, and Hilde
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