Its become a Sapac tradition to write a description of the previous night's social gathering, so here goes.
We (Sadaf, Shashi, and I) went and saw the Human Stain at Landmark. I was on time, everyone else was late. We sat in the back so we could discuss the socio-political themes of the movie, and also so we could exclaim loudly whenever Sadaf recognized a building in the movie, since it was set at Williams college, where she went. She was also an extra in the movie, as we saw her legs in a nice pink salwar. Tastefully chosen outfit! After discussing the movie, which you can trust we did with an incisive eye and witty tongue (it was that kind of movie), we went to Cousins Turkish resteraunt and sat on the rugs and took off our shoes. It was a vaguely orientalist moment at first, but we got over that and talked in urdu and hindi during our time there and talked about the folk story of Sohni-Mahiwal, so it was all good. Shashi's friend Usman came over to the restaraunt and we had further discussions, including one about the place of MBA's in the world. The outcome of this discussion must remain outside the purview of this recap, although one outcome was that both Usman and Shashi are pretty cool even though they are MBA's. It was noted that doctors could also be put under scrutiny as well, at which time I drank some water and looked around to check out the decor. It was learned that Usman saved Carol Mosely Braun's life. We went to a party and it was fun. We talked about the importance of the cultural initiative Sapac is under-taking, including language and cooking, and also, since I must add the word "bhangra" to any discussion of indian culture, Shashi was gracious enough to include this aspect in our cultural initative. We are currently looking for more members to come on board the cultural inititive.
Sanji
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