It looks like the much-awaited monsoons are finally here! Every evening, we get a downpour. See the grey hue in the air? Everything is so green, and the smell of the mud feels so fresh! The ants and snakes also crawl out of their holes, so we have to remind the children not to go to the empty lots.
And see this forlorn hawk on its nest? Or is it some other bird's nest? C took this picture from our bedroom window. The tree is on the lot next door.
I now have a cleaning woman and also someone who makes Rotis for me and chops my vegetables. On weekends, she makes Idly/Sambar/Chutney for . Got to say, that is a real treat! She also cooks some typical South Indian curries with coconut for me often. I like that!!
Finally got the telephone land line! This is after weeks of calling the Engineer-in-Charge, who would then call the Field guy, and then tell me that the telephone man would come in the afternoon. Then I would come home and wait all afternoon, and no one would up. Very typical. It is not that they are being lazy, or that they did not want to do the work. It is just that the field guys are always busy fixing problems. They are out in the field all day, fixing lines and connections, etc. Anyway, I now have my line. Hopefully, we will get DSL in a couple more weeks.
The problem is that here everything is "No problem, Ma'm. Don't worry, Ma'm. It will be taken care of, Ma'm.
I have also learnt to call everyone "Sir". "What, Sir, what happened, Sir? No one showed up, Sir. Why Sir?"
So, Ma'ms and Sirs, so much for now.
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