The Indian Student Association of Kansas State University arranged for a flag hoisting ceremony followed by a dinner at Long's park at Manhattan, Kansas. It was the first get together of all the Indians associated with the University and I was extremely happy to meet them all so soon at a very special occasion. There were two flags, American and Indian. The American flag was hoisted by an American Professor and the Indian flag by the Head of the Department of Computing and Information Sciences. The glad thing was that we had many Americans participating in this function.
The dinner served after the ceremony had something special in it. The dishes were raji ma, pakoda, jeera rice, some side dishes and Pepsi . These were prepared by some Indian students and Indian home makers in USA. They were so good that we felt like we are eating Indian food. There was one retired Professor from Vet-Med who sang a song about Mahatma Gandhiji. Everybody listened with patience and appreciated the song after it was completely sung.
There were also other performances like guitar by a Masters student from Mechanical Engineering, song by a small Indian girl and a group song. There were some prizes distributed. They conduct ISA cricket tournament. There were winners and runners-up. There were other events for which prizes were awarded like badminton, table tennis and so on. I met all the seniors of all departments. Luckily met three people from Tamil Nadu. Then met all the current year students. Finally the evening ended saying adios amigos to all the Indian and American friends.
The dinner served after the ceremony had something special in it. The dishes were raji ma, pakoda, jeera rice, some side dishes and Pepsi . These were prepared by some Indian students and Indian home makers in USA. They were so good that we felt like we are eating Indian food. There was one retired Professor from Vet-Med who sang a song about Mahatma Gandhiji. Everybody listened with patience and appreciated the song after it was completely sung.
There were also other performances like guitar by a Masters student from Mechanical Engineering, song by a small Indian girl and a group song. There were some prizes distributed. They conduct ISA cricket tournament. There were winners and runners-up. There were other events for which prizes were awarded like badminton, table tennis and so on. I met all the seniors of all departments. Luckily met three people from Tamil Nadu. Then met all the current year students. Finally the evening ended saying adios amigos to all the Indian and American friends.
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cool :)
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