Guess who’s back? 0
Yeah, like Eminem said… ‘back again’, I’m back from my whirlwind tour of the homeland and have a ton of things to say about Delhi and what’s going on.
First, the flight. Don’t fly Air India if you can avoid it — I got totally screwed on my way in and was very uncomfortable on my way back. Now, this may have possible been because of the fact that it was Diwali which is pretty much India’s biggest holiday season so maybe every airline was going to be overloaded but Air India actually ended up losing a flight in Mumbai so heed these words: STAY AWAY.
The only good thing that came out of my delay at Mumbai airport was a chance to kill a few (12!) hours just watching life go by. All of India is in a constant state of building and there’s a lot of activity going on even more than you’d usually expect from a nation of over a billion people. (I’ve heard China is similar). Look for a post from Mumbai airport soon!
Diwali and the wedding were amazing. It is always fun going back home and catching up with friends and relatives and the innate warmth is quite a change from the usually frigid North American social relationships. Not that I don’t have some amazing friends here but people in India are just indescribably warm, which is tough to replicate here. Or, perhaps (more likely) it is because my trips are so short that I only get to see the good part of what social life in India is like.
That’s pretty much it, most of my time was spent with my parents and catching up with other friends and relatives and it was great.
Interestingly, this is the first time I’ve actually been excited to be back in the US. I had a billion ideas about things I need to do in the last few days before leaving India and on the flight back and hopefully I’ll be able to write more regularly here about what I’m upto!
Watch this space!