September 7th, 2010
What is it about imminent departures that seemingly stimulates the hassle factor ?
We leave for South Africa tomorrow, so today has obviously been One of Those Days : my car insurance has run out (a fact discovered when Hari was “challaned” – though luckily the cops didn’t also fine him for expired insurance) + the new pump that sends the water up to roof tanks has gone kaput. It is hot & sticky & mosquito-y & we have had loads of power cuts & I have just found silverfish in my closet, so all in all, I really [...]
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September 7th, 2010
Today’s Daft Commonwealth Games Story award goes to this bizarre little story.
And am I the only person slightly alarmed by the casualness of the penultimate paragraph ?
September 6th, 2010
There is one thing to be said about life here - there is never, ever anything such as a routine, dull day in India.
Well, not for people as privileged as we are, obviously. If you have to eke out a living it must be appalling here. But you know what I mean.
Take today for instance.
A rainy Monday. (And boy, did it rain. Someone clearly isn’t listening to Sheila-ji’s prayers)
I went for my last physio session before my African trip, at Back 2 Fitness in Malviya Nagar. And look what I spied, just before I turned [...]
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September 5th, 2010
In keeping with the grey, damp weather, it has been a rather sad weekend of farewells, never the nicest of things at the best of times.
On Friday we said a last farewell to our New Zealand friends Kerry Greig and David Hair, who are heading back to Wellington. Thank goodness it’s not to Christchurch, after the earthquake.
And then yesterday, it was time to say goodbye to one of my dearest friends in Delhi, Eden, though her party was such huge fun there wasn’t time to feel melancholy for a moment. Great Moroccan food, fabulous music, and everyone [...]
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