Three weeks of blurrrrrrrrrrrrr

The past three weeks have gone by so fast that I just realized I had not made any entries. So, here in photos, is the story of the last three weeks.

The team has now grown to 19 staff including four interns. The interns are Tolbert (our god son), Thor, Kevin, and Ibanga. They all attend University of Minnesota.
















School of Leadership is rapidly taking shape and is on schedule for end of October.




















Josh, Vikas and I conducted a session for Nipuna, a Satyam subsidiary. We exchanged and shared objects and led a group of activities to enhance relationships.
















On my birthday, I woke up around 8 am and got dressed to go to the gym. The door bell rang and I went to answer it only to find my team was outside the door with a cake. It was a great surprise.
















Joti, whose Mom is the domestic helper living in the house next door got married. Joti is 16 and her sister Devi is 12. Devi is an amazing child having completed the ninth grade (skipped 2 grades). She speaks Telegu, Hindi and English fluently. And, she has a great personality.

We all went to dinner to celebrate.
















On the last day before Dr. Zayd and Muhsinah returned to the states, we all went for a visit to Golconda Fort. http://www.webindia123.com/monuments/forts/golconda.htm for more information on this great place.
































We also went to Mecca masjid, is one of the oldest masjids in the city and easily the biggest. Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah began building it in 1617 under the supervision of Mir Faizullah Baig and Rangiah Choudhary. Mughal emperor Aurangzeb completed the construction in 1694. It took 77 years to come up as the magnificent edifice we see today. Like many other ancient buildings in the city, the mosque is a granite giant with awe-inspiring innards. The main hall of the mosque is 75 feet high, 220 feet wide and 180 feet long, big enough to accommodate ten thousand worshippers at a time.

Mecca masjid is just a hundred yards southwest of the historic Charminar. Between Muhammed Quli Qutub Shah and Aurangzeb, Abul Hasan Tana Shah of Golconda also continued the task launched by the Qutub Shahi kings. It is believed that Muhammed Quli commissioned bricks to be made from earth brought from Mecca and inducted them into the construction of the central arch of the mosque, which explains the name of the mosque.