Serendib Travel

Social dance break, Salam Award workshop. LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.

We were lucky enough that Ahmad Siddiqi offered to help us with a movement break — sitting and critiquing for a long time gets wearying. Ahmad (who is also a novelist and I’ll likely be telling you more about his epic fantasy trilogy soon) teaches social dance in Lahore with his wife — mostly salsa,

(I adore the bright patterned cheerfulness of Mushpa’s shalwar kameez and dupatta). Lahore, Pakistan.

Dinner on Monday, I think? The ‘fruit triffle’ made me laugh. My triffle is better, but I appreciated the effort. LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan

They really do feed us constantly. Mid-morning break of chicken & mayo tea sandwiches, which seem a default on campus, as we’ve been served them many times. You can dip them in ketchup, which I was a little suspicious about, but it’s not bad — hot sauce would be better. There were also tasty little

Okay, so I’ve taken the posting through to Monday morning — at this rate, it’ll take me two months to blog this five-day workshop. That’s okay. On Monday, we met the students — exciting! They’re mostly in their 20s and early 30s, and just chock full of interesting ideas and new perspectives. Will this be

A typical meal served to us in the executive dining hall. I’m going to need to do some serious working out when I get back to balance out all the sitting (to critique / teach) and eating. It’ll be worth it. LUMS Executive Dining Hall, Lahore, Pakistan.

The last bit of quick sightseeing on Sunday was a stop at Liberty for some fabric shopping. I rummaged through those big piles and ended up buying about 25 dupattas for Kavi’s party for about $40 (if I’m doing the math right). They’re so beautiful — I bought two of that silky one with the