Song from Destroyer's new album Kaputt
Last week I made a field visit to one of our centers to visit customers in rural villages to conduct surveys. Staring up at the starry night while laying on the back of a rickshaw bouncing along a country road was pretty surreal, thinking how far I was from home and excited to be having this kind of work experience taking me to such interesting places.
Saturday we went to Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata to watch the Netherlands vs. Ireland World Cup match. Also this past weekend was Holi, the Hindu festival of colours which commemorates the victory of good over evil, and is celebrated by throwing water balloons and other missiles filled dye . I am still completely covered in pink dye, and guessing scalp, hair, eyelids, and ears will be dyed for at least a week, so upcoming business meetings should be interesting.
Last week I made a field visit to one of our centers to visit customers in rural villages to conduct surveys. Staring up at the starry night while laying on the back of a rickshaw bouncing along a country road was pretty surreal, thinking how far I was from home and excited to be having this kind of work experience taking me to such interesting places.
It was super cool to go to an off-grid area at night where it's near complete darkness. We walked around with our solar lamps, visited some customers, and as per usual developed a small following. On the ride back our autopan, being driven by some 12 year old kid, broke down. He and his 2 buddies turned it around, pushed back to the nearest market, and found some mechanics. While they were welding we sat at a little stall drinking tea and watching the Canada vs. Australia cricket match.
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| We tried to explain the concept of 'look natural' - didn't work. |
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| Village electrification - embroidery |
Saturday we went to Eden Gardens cricket stadium in Kolkata to watch the Netherlands vs. Ireland World Cup match. Also this past weekend was Holi, the Hindu festival of colours which commemorates the victory of good over evil, and is celebrated by throwing water balloons and other missiles filled dye . I am still completely covered in pink dye, and guessing scalp, hair, eyelids, and ears will be dyed for at least a week, so upcoming business meetings should be interesting.
ahahaha pink dye.
ReplyDeletethese pictures are awesome. you also might be insane? the more i read books from about over there, i can't believe you are there for 6 months!
Haha! I hear 'White Tiger' is a really good book, also about India.
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