Lunch at Leopold's

Shweta arrived here early Monday morning.  Shweta's cousin Ranjana and her husband came by to pick us up around noon and took us for lunch and a brief tour of Mumbai.

Before lunch, we went to the Jehangir Art gallery where we got to see some great art, including a set of paintings that the artist had done entirely in natural dyes.  In a different exhibit, the artist, Madhu Jalli, was nice enough to introduce himself.  He created these sculptures of Aamir Khan, a famous Indian actor.  Each of the sculptures is a different character from one of Khan's movies.  To make these, Madhu studied as many angles as he could from each film, and then built out each structure.  It was great to meet him and get some quick photos:

We had lunch at Leopold's, one of the highly frequented expat spots in Mumbai.  Here, they have a different way of serving a pitcher of beer, namely this tap that they bring to your table.  The center column is filled with ice, which I can see being pretty handy as the summer approaches here in India.

After the tour, we headed back to the Deshpande's where they've been nice enough to give us a room in their home and been amazing hosts.  I feel very blessed for all the hospitality that Shweta's family has shown me.  Shweta and I have re-learned just how great Indian's are at hosting.