Thoughts

Some things I know:

• When people in Bombay say “it’s gotten cold”, this corresponds to a physical air temperature that is just the slightest bit below what it takes to make me sweat profusely.
• The sounds of the Adhan from a nearby mosque will always make me feel a shiver of joy and a sense of calm. Here it punctuates my working time.
• Chai and coffee are not the same thing when you wake up in the morning.  I love the chai, don’t get me wrong, but it is not coffee.
• There’s a difference between a City and a Village, and it’s not the size of the urban agglomeration.
• Mapping presents a serious challenge when you continually want to know more and more about a place.  The best way to produce a map is to turn off your brain, note down what you think you know, and don’t question your “accuracy”.