Baha'i House of Worship, Wilmette, IL

We visited the Baha'i House of Worship is located on New Year's Eve. That wasn't why we visited it of course. We were spending the weekend at Usha Deo's place in Chicago and she took us to this wonderful place. Located in a very luxurious community and close to the Northwestern campus, the approach feels like a drive through any posh suburb of a major city, like Geist in Indianapolis. And it seems all rich people wish to live next to a large water body!

The House of Worship (HOW) was wonderful. Since I had seen the one in Delhi, I knew what to expect. A dome like structure made of white. Whereas the one in Delhi was fairly smooth, much like the Sydney Harbor dome, this HOW had intricate paneling on the exterior. The interior was much smaller than that in Delhi, but equally peaceful, barring the noisy mediterranean family.

Below are two pics: one taken in Delhi in March 2000 with a Kodak film camera. The next one was on our trip to Chicago on the eve of 2006. Technology, people, places...Time changes everything.

Purdue Village, West Lafayette, IN

The sun came out today and we rushed outside and dusted clean the good ol' grill and made ourselves some veggie burgers, potatoes and Tilapia fish fillets! Now that's a wonderful Indiana winter day in December!!!

Elliot Music Hall, Purdue University, IN

Graduation! Satish received his Ph.D. degree in a leather bound folder, complete with a $45 rented gown and we were there to cheer him on! I was assigned the task of video camera man, so the picture above is really from last year's graduation in Dec 2004 when Harshal Patwardhan graduated. Incidentally, Harshal and Sujay Malve were also present. The Bhate/Bapat representation consisted of Adi, Dhruv and Ranjana!


The most exciting thing for me was sitting inches from the organ player and see him do his thing. I was not aware that the organ player uses his feet to hammer out bass notes. That must be one difficult instrument to play! Wow!

Serious Snow! West Lafayette, IN

Photograph from inside our apartment (behind a window) at 5pm!