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July 30th, 2010
It’s been another hot and very humid day, with some rain this morning, and lots happening at home. Anjulie landed about 3am this morning, collected by Hari and Matt, but not her exhausted parents. She says the new terminal looks world class, but that the baggage carousels were very stop-and-start-y. Alison moved to other Delhi friends this morning, which is sad, since we have had a blast this week. Which explains why we were too exhausted to get up and go to the airport.
Back to Hauz Khas this afternoon with Anjulie, but there was no need for traffic duty today. Well, [...]
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July 29th, 2010
Another day has dawned, and it is far too hot and sunny for the time of year. Where is all our much needed rain, for goodness sake ? Alison and I sat on the terrace for our first coffee of the morning, then beat a retreat indoors, as it was already too hot and sticky at 7.15.
We had a lovely evening last night, welcoming a group of Alison’s friends home. Since most of the guests are also our friends, it was a lovely, relaxed, happy evening. Great wine.
The ayurvedic-termite-exterminator-wala is due here about 10 o’clock, so let’s see what happens. The [...]
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July 28th, 2010
With “Termites and tax” as a blog title, I do hope you are not expecting a nice, cheerful blog this evening. ‘Cos you aren’t getting one, I can tell you.
We have discovered even more termite damage than we feared – there are big trails all over the guest-flat, as well as in our bedroom and Himmat’s office. The guest-flat is now strewn with chomped through boxes, and with the remnants of books and papers that these horrid creatures have eaten. I am fed up and irritated at my naivete in going for ayurveda when we originally found them, back at Xmas. [...]
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July 25th, 2010
We all eased our way slowly and gently into Sunday morning, after a lovely evening at Catherine and Harshal’s last night. Great hosts, and lots of interesting people. Great wine, too, naturally enough.
In yet another case of small-world-itis, one of their guests last night was a young Sunday Times journalist, Nicola Smith, whose article about child labour in Delhi I read with such horror 2 weeks ago in London.
All today it has been hot and muggy, and looking as though it was going to rain, but never quite getting there, so the rubble-filled drain outside the house hasn’t been put to [...]
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July 24th, 2010
And gradually the Delhi routine restarts, ie chai & a mammoth catch-up with Sonam in his Sharpurjat studio. Since Alison (who arrived this morning) was there, too, it really did seem like old times.
My day, however, started with a bit of an identity crisis.
Oh dear.
Stepped outside and nearly fell over a sign that tells me I am being upgradated – well, my street lights are, at least. Make that my street light.
That’s our gate, for those of you who don’t know vibrant, downtown Vasant Vihar. I suggested to Himmat that we move the sign a weeny bit, as it [...]
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July 23rd, 2010
Post holiday reality is beginning to set in.
I think it might have something to do with the damp patches on freshly painted walls after just a couple of days of rain, plus the discovery of termite trails in our bedroom and in the office. Faithful readers may well remember my saga, just before Christmas, when termites chomped their way through vast swathes of my photographic past. We kindly treated them with ayurveda. QED.
I also mused this morning, as I contemplated our always-dusty home, how on earth are the city fathers going to keep the road curbs and dividers dust free during [...]
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