After fighting what I thought was food poisoning all night I woke up excited about the day.
Today we visited FanIndia to learn about the history of the company. FabIndia was actually started by an American man in the 1960s. His goal was to provide a place for artisans and craftsman to sell their work and profit from them. They currently have 170 stores, 8 international store and an online store.
I was so impressed by the quality and beauty of everything in the store.
The store was colorful and the textiles were all well made. I could have spent hours looking at everything.
I bought a lot of presents for people at the FabIndia home store across the street. Many things I bought are hand embroidered and/or hand stamped fabrics. I would love to decorate my entire house with their products!
After FabIndia we went to Dilli Haat for lunch and more shopping. Dilli Haat is a handicrafts market of items made locally. It is a market without set prices. I got a couple of things but I was honestly too hot and sweaty to be interested in haggling with the market people.
We ate lunch at an all homegrown organic lunch at Navdanya Organic Cafe. I especially liked the amaranth cutlets. They were delicious.
Next, the founder of Navdanya, Dr. Vandana Shiva, came to talk to us about her campaign on the health hazards of GMOs and how to farm safely and organically.
She also told us that there needs to be more focus on sustaining the Himalayas which are rich in medicinal herbs and plants but are not being protected.
I was completely soaked from the sweat by the time we got on the bus. I'm guessing the humidity was about 90%.
Next we went to Qutub Minar to see the ruins and tower from the 14th century. Lots of people were taking our picture there.
Our dinner was at Magique. The restaurant was pretty fancy and they fed us a ton of food. We were all completely exhausted when we got back to the hotel around 10pm.
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