It’s funny how once you know a place, that place comes back to find you. We were waiting for dinner at Visthar, and I started making conversation with two people who were new here since I had been away. They are dance and martial arts instructors, and they are here for a few weeks with an Indian Culture course that is occurring on our campus. These people are the sweetest, most genuine visitors I have met thus far at Visthar, and it soon becomes evident why: the woman is Shirley’s neice. As in Shirley from Wayanad, who was one of my favorite women that we had the opportunity to meet. This woman grew up participating in KJ Baby’s plays and she and her husband both taught at Kanavu, the non-formal school for Adivasi that we visited. In fact, he was Saji (our driver’s) martial arts master who we had seen in some photos when we had lunch at Saji’s house. I feel so crazily connected to this new community that we found in Kerala…it’s funny what a small world it really is.
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