November 24th, 2009
The house has been quiet today. Himmat left last night for Mauritius for a board meeting. Gill and Alan flew back to London at the ungodly hour of 3 a.m., but were real stars, opting to spend hours in the airport rather than keeping me up “till the wee hours” – one of my cherished Indian-isms.
I went to watch the first game of the 10 goal polo tournament, but didn’t bring Abhimanyu luck, as his team lost. Carine was playing in a 2 goal tournament, but I am not responsible for her score as I arrived late. Yoda [...]
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November 23rd, 2009
First things first. Anjulie and Ahilya are officially my favourite teenagers. They both complained, vociferously, that I hadn’t blogged yesterday. Girls, thank you.
Secondly, where on earth do I begin today, to try and interpret even a little bit of what’s going on in Delhi ? There were so much wonderful tidbits in the morning papers, that I am spoiled for choice. Should I lead with the following intriguing headline ?
Or should I pursue this story ?
Nah, I think not.
DU=Delhi University, in case you were wondering.
On reflection, I think this headline is my favourite [...]
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November 20th, 2009
What a glorious, winter’s day it has been today - a perfect deep blue sky and warm sunshine. Jean, a friend from Paris is visiting. Gill and Alan returned from a few days in Rajasthan, so the house is full again.
It was a treat to go out in the lovely weather, since yesterday we didn’t venture out into central Delhi. That was because of a huge farmers’ rally that had threatened to block traffic everywhere – it did all that and much more, apparently. Over my morning coffee, I learned that 12,000 farmers “ran riot in heart of [...]
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November 16th, 2009
It’s a pale sunny Monday morning. Morning assembly from my local school is blaring out over the loudspeakers. “Left, right. Left, right. Left, left, right.” Gill and Alan have just left for 4 days in Rajasthan, so it’s time to settle down with my 2nd coffee of the day - Yoda sent the first one flying – and catch up on the last hectic weekend.
I think I left you at the Marine Corps Ball, so as to speak. It was a first time for me, and huge fun. A nice dose of pageantry as we celebrated the 234th [...]
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