The Internet

Anil, the director here, said that we are experiencing how things work in India. The internet went out the second day we were here, or so. Today, finally, it is partially fixed. Tomorrow. Hopefully the wireless will be working too. Then, maybe, if I have time, I will be writing more often on this blog. It is great to be able to reach all of you in one place.

We are half way through our second week. The women Maddy and I are working with are delightful, intelligent, and lovely, and fun, and..... I have realized, however, that I am not cut out to be an English teacher though. I don't understand enough about our language. I only know what sounds right and what doesn't. Still, I'm trying to learn. We have had a great discussion about marriages and today about festivals.

Yesterday we, our CCS group, had a lecture from the director of the Institute for Tibetan studies and library (I think that was the name of the institute). Anyway, this wonderful monk had spent four years as the Dali Lama's interpreter. We got to ask questions and have a dialogue with him. This has to be a true highlight of our adventure.... Or, so I thought, until this afternoon, when we had four fantastic musicians come to our home base and play a two hour concert for us of classical Indian music. I never would have believed, in the early seventies when I listened to my Ravi Shankar album, that I would be in northern India listening to a concert in our living room.
Time for bed. Talk to you later. Maybe tomorrow night.