Here are a few pics from a few days: Jami Masjid mosque, Garuwara Bangla Sikh temple, Humayun's tomb, super tall victory minar, me at the train receving the tikka(red dot) and garland of flowers for a good and prosperous trip, my new buds and the train lounge car with Raj one of my butlers.
Details coming about my first elephant ride and life on a movie set.
I remember one-of-these-things-doesn't-belong as homework assignments in grade school meant to help teach logic skills.. but after your words I think "talk about racial bias!" The exercise really seems mind-narrowing in retrospect, looking at this subject through your all-of-these-things-do-belong New Delhi eyes. Juxtaposition is rich! The theory works well for the diversity consultant such as yourself and all the diversity-loving birthday girl—and apparently some boy—followers.
ReplyDeleteI love the upholstered sofas and lamps on the train: my grandmother's living room pushed to the sides of an aisle. It nicely captures the all-of-these-things-belong juxtaposition of fancy delicate hard to clean things on a train which connotes soot and lots for shoe wear-and-tear traffic. Though there may be dust, let's not have ordinary naugahyde and non-upholstered surfaces, no, we must dare to have fancy velvets and silks in spite of dust, and breakable china despite bumps in the road!
So much depends on the delicate purple sari draped on the rusted bicycle beside the tea cup resting on a rock by the crowded river bank… and the obligatory cow, chicken, and red wheel barrow of course.
I love catalogs of dissimilar yet surprisingly related things. And may I say you look deep, intense, and extra-lovely in your pale purple wrapped delicate material. Yumm.
Darn, I wish I had gotten my act together and come with you. This seems extraordinary and I am astounded that something like this still exists (minus the Agatha Christie thoughts).
ReplyDeleteLoving your lavender scarf and wanting to send you $100 so you can bring me a million yards of scarves and saris and fabrics. It's just SO gorgeous!
As for the black clothing I must admit to this crime. At least I do try to go "indian" with my collection of pashminas.
You journey thus far seems amazing and I'm so glad you are sharing your stories of awe, success, observation and beauty. Truly the trip of a lifetime and there's still more to come.
Loving it and you
Susanne
you girls are so good to write. it makes me feel like you are with me. Don't worry Sus, i got you on the scarf thing. there are some fabulous fun women on the train too and they're are definitely keeping the fashion up. Mary you would really appreciate their insistence on style no matter how many palace steps and ruins we are visiting. there are not heels though, but if you were here i am sure you would figure out how to do the desert in pumps. love ya,V
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