Dear Daughter,
Yesterday on the phone, you were telling me about how you saw a program on television that showed Ganesha and his rats in a temple! Yes, Ganesha has a traveling companion, Mooshika, who is a rat and is often seen with him in statues as well. In Tamil, Ganesha is sometimes called Pillaiyar, which means a special young child, because Ganesha is often shown when he is young. Here is a Ganesha statue in Madurai that Papa goes by every day in the Tak-Tak when he goes to teach English to the children at the school. I have shown a close-up where you can see Mooshika near Ganesha's foot, and look at what his belt is: a giant King Cobra!
I Love you,
Papa
PS Papa and a few other teachers played the big students in volleyball today. Guess what? The teachers won! Here is a picture of some of my students wishing me good luck before the game. It was a very exciting day.
Yesterday on the phone, you were telling me about how you saw a program on television that showed Ganesha and his rats in a temple! Yes, Ganesha has a traveling companion, Mooshika, who is a rat and is often seen with him in statues as well. In Tamil, Ganesha is sometimes called Pillaiyar, which means a special young child, because Ganesha is often shown when he is young. Here is a Ganesha statue in Madurai that Papa goes by every day in the Tak-Tak when he goes to teach English to the children at the school. I have shown a close-up where you can see Mooshika near Ganesha's foot, and look at what his belt is: a giant King Cobra!
I Love you,
Papa
PS Papa and a few other teachers played the big students in volleyball today. Guess what? The teachers won! Here is a picture of some of my students wishing me good luck before the game. It was a very exciting day.
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