John Lennon said and I paraphrase: Life is what happens to you while you are making other plans. Thats what happened. The PLAN was to get to India and quickly settle down, relax and resume work. None of this happened. In true Bollywood tradition, we had a wedding in the family, a skirmish with the land mafia and our business plan got delayed. We were frustrated, then enthused, then nervous, then resolute and now finally stoic.

Hola! It has been a real long time since I blogged here. India has me both by the throat and by the heart.
I hate the traffic and the blatant disrespect for the fellow travelers. I hate the noise and smoke and dust (there I said it! ) and I hate the fact that none of this is likely to change anytime soon. Despite all this I love that I can now catch the metro train in Delhi and get anywhere in a half hour- max!, that people actually stand in a que and buy tickets, I love that I can hear birds and the vegetable seller and the children laughing as they get off the school bus , all sweaty and dirty. I love that I can never go anywhere in Delhi without going past a monument or building that is at least 200 years old, if not more. I love that there is so much life around (that cliche- the breathing, pulsating mass...open the window and its right there!)
I am finally doing something concrete with my time- Getting our flat renovated so that we can move in. Read about those travails and adventures at
http://throwitonthewall.blogspot.com/