How do you spell relief? In a Delhi summer, I spell it r-a-i-n. It’s been mostly grey today, but nobody’s complaining.

I think I may just do a performance piece here with foliage wrapped around my body. There’s plenty of that here, and it’s proven very difficult to get the materials I need. I’ve been in countries with slower time sensibilities, but India takes the cake, or, shall I say the sweetmeats.

I am rather excited about a field trip I take tomorrow to a paper-making factory run by an NGO where mentally disabled children make the paper.

Handiwork seen around Global Arts Village today:
-roof-thatching: apparently a dying art here, incredibly time-consuming.
-iron work: two workers hand-bending iron around a pattern sketched on plywood
-poo-smearing: women re-mud the floors of an outdoor yoga area with a cow poo/mud mixture—to think that each morning we salute the sun atop a mound o’ dung!

Favorite Tasty Treats:
-lichee fruits—the most wonderful texture, perfect amount of sweet—mmm!
-paneer-- (a mild, firm cheese) cooked Italian-style with roasted peppers and tomatoes
-mangoes—‘tis the season! Sticky orange dribble down the chin...