The Queen, Prince and Princess of the Netherlands visited Bangalore today! One of their stops was Brian's company, Ujjivan. The Prince and Princess are investors in the company and are very interested in microfinance.
The city gave a warm welcome to the royalty. They paved the dirt road in front of Ujjivan (usually full of potholes). The funny thing was they paved it to the building just past Ujjivan then stopped:) They also picked up all the trash which usually surrounds the area (trash surrounds every area of the city but they combed the streets where the Queen would pass). It looked nice.
Here is a picture of Brian and the other managers that work for Ujjivan (there are about 100 people employed at this office). Brian was sad that the other employees were forced under "lock down" which meant they weren't allowed to see the Queen--even to peek out the window. Police and secret security poured through the neighborhood surrounding the office prior to the royalty's arrival and a bomb squad searched the building.
The other 3 pics are of the Queen, Prince and Princess...i must say that I think only royalty could get away with these hats:D
The Queen and Mr. Ghosh, President of Ujjivan
1 comments:
Thanks for sharing the pics. It is great to see where Brian works and the people he works with.
(Loved the hats)
Papa and Nana
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