The westerly breezes that bring the hot desert air and dust from Rajasthan have not yet begun their job of turning this cool Delhi winter into spring. So chilly has it been that this week public schools were shut on account of the cold. On this morning, the last morning of our [...]
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Wind Beneath our Wings
Posted in Delhi, Gurgaon, India, travel on 3 February, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Transitions – a new beginning
Posted in Call Center, Delhi, Gurgaon, India, travel, work on 7 December, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s Friday morning here, the sounds of men banging hammers against concrete have been going for well over an hour now. They say in New York, or is it London, that you are never more that 10 feet away from a rat, well here in India the equivalent is that you are never out of [...]
Earthquake!
Posted in Delhi, Gurgaon, India, earthquake on 26 November, 2007 | 1 Comment »
At 4:43 this morning we were awakened to the creaking and swaying of our building. I was having a bizarre dream about Mrs. WMG drawing on my face with a marker because I was wearing a pink shirt (look it’s a dream). It only lasted a few seconds but that was long enough to [...]
Thanksgiving in Delhi
Posted in Delhi, India, Thanksgiving on 22 November, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As it turns out Thanksgiving is not that big a holiday here. No paper turkeys hanging from ceilings at the local Big Bazaar, no specials on cranberry sauce or sweet potatoes at the local Spencer’s supermarket, no parades or football on TV, alas.
When we were in London we had some great Thanksgiving feasts with our [...]
Respect and Affection in Black and White
Posted in Culture, Delhi, India on 21 November, 2007 | 3 Comments »
There are two things that I often see in public here in India that I would really like to understand better. The first is the respect shown to elders in the form of foot touching, the second is the closeness of male friends as exhibited in physical contact such as hand-holding.
I first observed foot touching [...]
Diwali – It’s all fun until someone blows his hand off
Posted in Culture, Delhi, Diwali, Gurgaon, India on 9 November, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Unless you have been inside a fireworks factory explosion or been an oil-rich dictator who got on Don Rumsfeld’s bad side, you’ve probably never experienced anything like the festival of Diwali here in New Delhi. The only thing I’ve ever seen that came close was the time I saw a fireworks show during [...]
Papa CJ on Call Centres
Posted in Call Center, Delhi, India, work on 21 October, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Best Line: “We aren’t so different. You waste too much of your time talking to somebody you think is an idiot at the other end of a Call Centre telephone call…so do we.”
It’s A Small World After All
Posted in Delhi, India, chance, travel on 19 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(by guest blogger: Tracy)
I’ve not “coincidentally” run into anyone from High School since graduation. Until we moved to India. On Saturday WMG and I treated ourselves to lunch at the Hyatt Hotel in Delhi. They serve steak sandwiches to fulfil WMG’s ever-present longing for beef, and a salad bar full of raw vegetables, [...]
Not much
Posted in Delhi, India on 10 September, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There hasn’t been all that much going on around here lately so the blog has been a little sparse. We’ve canceled two trips to Amritsar, once because there wasn’t time to sort it out and the next time because I was ill (we are currently suspicious of the swimming pool water).
We had a couple of visitors [...]
A Tasty Afternoon in Delhi
Posted in Delhi, India, travel on 19 August, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today started off pretty weird with a little family ruckus, the details of which I think I will save for my autobiography but suffice it to say two messages on my mobile from my mom and an incoming one from my brother before I’d even turned on my computer this morning got my attention. Thank [...]
