Letters From India
The Writings and Correspondence of Beryl Girard, Missionary
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And we had a wedding. Usually our Christian weddings are simple, but this one was very fancy. The wedding was set for
At last she arrived and I nearly swallowed my tonsils when I saw the procession. A little flower girl strewed rose petals – the bride wore a lovely white silk sari topped by a long net veil. The train was carried by two more little girls, all in white satin and very lovely with their shining black hair and eyes. The bride wore white anklets, shoes and white gloves that looked like the canvas gloves we wore back on the farm.
She’d forgotten the bouquet so after she was seated beside the groom, someone passed up the white paper roses. They had such long stems that they were always in the way. Mr. Grubbs had malaria and felt rotten and we were all roasting, but we had to have another sermon now that the bride was there!
Finally it came time for the ring – and the bride couldn’t get her glove off for the roses were still clutched tightly in one hand. Mr. Grubbs tried to help her and got those roses shoved in his face. For a moment I expected to see the bouquet go flying out the window! Well, it was finally over and we were all glad to get outside. I was looking very well myself in a new pink sari with a black border, but no one seemed to notice how beautiful I was.
We hate to see Christians go to such expense for their weddings. A lovely sari makes a beautiful wedding gown and everything else – western – seems superfluous. The Hindus go deeply into debt over their weddings, in fact, it’s often the son’s job to pay off his father’s wedding debts and so it goes on unendingly. But it is the thing to do.
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Letters from India is the story of Beryl Girard, a remarkable woman, written in her own hand in her letters home. Her simple story is played out before a vast background of political intrigue, the ending of the World War II in Europe and in the Pacific, the beginning of the Atomic Age, the reconstruction of Europe, the evolution of India from a member of the British Empire to independence, political assassinations, riots and wars between Hindus and Moslems, the establishment of Pakistan, and continued violence around the world.
It is also the story of two families, one in
About the Author
Pam Girard has written two cookbooks on easy cooking, If It Tastes Good, Who Cares? and If It Tastes Good, Who Cares?, II. Recipes from her books have appeared in “The Best of the Best from the
During 1994, her column, “Easy Cooking” appeared in the Bismark Tribune.
She has traveled extensively and began giving lectures on “Traveling the World Solo”, “Traveling the World with a Carry-on”, and “How to Pack.”
Presently she is working on a third cookbook on easy cooking and the book, Being Hungry in Tibet and other stories of her travels is in the planning stages.
She resides in