30th

No photos today. My camera had no charge left after the Art Fair.
Yesterday, Annu and I went to an exhibition opening at the Visual Arts Gallery. The exhibition is all about art from Kerala and is full of brightly coloured paintings (supposedly a trademark of the state) which I didn't really enjoy very much. One piece that I did enjoy is a video work by Gigi Scaria. It seemed to me to be a little deeper than the rest of the works.
After that we went to Alka's for another slap up meal. We showed Mandy what UK Garage is and listened to some Tech House. Unfortunately Annu wasn't really up to the food, but this was good for the rest of us because it really was special. Then when we were back at Hare Krishna the heavens opened and there was lightening and thunder to drown out the sounds of Germans entertaining themselves outside our room. They seemed to be having a pretty good go at competing with it though.
Luckily The Return of the King was TV!

Today Annu and I went to Eatopia for lunch as our experience yesterday in the staff canteen was under par. I soon realised why I hadn't been back there by myself after my first visit. You order your food and then wait for your number to be called, and every time a number is called it is accompanied by a tinny tune played through savage speakers. And the food is overpriced and of a questionable nature - Annu's chicken burger very closely resembled turkey in colour. Wonder how she'll feel tomorrow.

20th - photos and words

Today has been lovely.
I got up late and listened to a few chapters of Three Men in a Boat. I ate breakfast in bed and got some more Traveller's Cheques changed, at a relatively good rate, taken from and delivered to my door. I showered in relative warmth and watched some of the Republic Day celebrations on TV. It just looked like a show of India's military strength to me, and the woman that was commentating was really quite rude.
I left to get the metro at half ten and it was the quietest its been since I got here. Not many stops were open on my line but mine was (so lucky, I hadn't checked at all and might have had to have walked a very long way). I was bang on time to meet Alka at the IHC. We jumped in her car and went off to her house in South Ex. II. When we got there her 'boy' took me out to see a house, but the owner wasn't around, so I just ended up being in the sun for a while, which was nice. We went back to Alka's and worked on her curatorial text for the exhibition and got it done quite quickly. Then Alka's Latvian friend came over and we all ate a gorgeous North Indian meal. I was so stuffed. They then dropped me off on their way back in to town.
And I've just finished my work and have four days off to look at houses and settle Annu into the hectic metropolis that is New Delhi.

The urban giraffe

View from the metro

The metro car itself

Ramakrishna Ashram Marg

An odd view. Cycle rickshaw

IHC gate 3

Alka's lovely study (mit personal kettle and fridge)

Roof garden at Alka's. I'll be so happy if I get one

An eternal image of the student, Hopper

18th - Photos

A quick photo dump from the past three days.

Over-exposed ghost bedroom photo

Lunchtime card sharks

Little pup I spotted on the way to work this morning

That's an electric wire just hanging into the road, not a branch

I think these massive arches are on the side of housing estates. Imagine the same in England

Road crossing hazards

Hindu statutory in Shobha's house

PLUS these are two photos that Saumya just sent me:

12th day

16th day

More photos

These photographs date from the evening of my ninth day to this morning (my 12th day). I will post some more writing later on today.

A clear message

South Extension 2 from Alka's roof

Fair enough my man

A very sacred rubbish muncher

Pablo Bartholomew from my seat on the floor

Rain this morning in Paharganj, and an angry lad



Keith telling me about meeting Goldsworthy, Long, Nash, Fulton and Cragg

Me and my new barnett

3D image Shep

Dude from SixD with 3D imaging camera that he made the iimage above with

Like waiting for a bus

A second photo post in two days. This one fills in the gap between my third day and today. Like yesterday, it is a selection of highlights in chronological order.

My 'station' at IHC

IHC at night

The rooftop of Hare Krishna at night

Delhi's glowing skyline

Hidden out of view

Ramakrishna Ashram Mission

Ravi and Rahul at lunch

Lohri celebrations at the IHC

Lohri celebrations in full swing

Smoggy Delhi - the walk back to Jor Bagh metro station

The rickshaw this morning

Photo Highlights Thus Far

So its my eighth day and all I have uploaded in the way of photos are blurry pictures from the tablet. This post, therefore, is a collection of images, in chronological order, from the first three days of this trip.

My first bed in Delhi

View from the hotel room, first morning

... and a slightly nicer view of it

A Hindu shrine set up at a rickshaw stop

Generally, not specifically

The only time you'll see one of these things not burning down the wrong side of the road tooting wildly

Canopy near India Gate from as close as I could get that day

The tomb at Lodi Gardens

The mosque at Lodi Gardens

A chipmunk reading a sign and a bird already at it

The India Habitat Centre (IHC)

Rickety scaffolding

A very safe crossing

A Hindu temple near Safdarjung's Tomb

Slowly getting the job done

Work being done on part of Connaught Place

This dog knew his green cross code

Paharganj entrance from New Delhi Station side

My second and only other Delhi bed