Thursday, August 30, 2018 Bombay More Banking Issues Sorted, Buying Kitchen Appliances, Meeting Girlfriends for Tea Namaste from Bombay! My life seems to have flitted into fairly easy routine. After awaking at the West End Hotel (where I am beyond comfortable), I feasted on breakfast of a freshly-made masala omlete, a chicken sausage, baked beans…
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First Meeting at St. Xavier’s College, a Musical Treat from Dr. Chandranath Chattopadhaya
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 Meeting my Mentor at Sr. Xavier’s College and Attending an Interdisciplinary Lecture-Demonstration. Namaste from Bombay! I awoke very early in my West End Hotel room, blogged, caught up with email (Thank Heavens for the WiFi in such places) and then went down to the Dining Hall for Breakfast at 8.00 am.…
Setting up Telecommunication, Banking Woes Sorted and a Birthday Party in Girgaum
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 Getting an Indian SIM Card, Understanding Internet and Cable Connections, Banking Woes Sorted, And a Birthday Party in Girgaum Namaste from Bombay! Through a night of intermittent sleep—awaking every couple of hours but immediately falling asleep again—I awoke to a lovely breakfast in the Dining Hall of the West End Hotel…
Last Day in Bombay before Departure for the Far East
Friday, August 10, 2018-Saturday, August 11, 2019 Bombay, India Namaste! Awaking to another Bombay morning to birdsong (read the raucous cawing of hungry crows), I realized it was only 5.45 am. Thankfully I had the Elizabeth George novel, A Great Deliverance to keep me occupied in my bed till 7.00 am when the rest of…
Finalizing the Apartment Deal
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Bombay, India Namaste! Most of the day was spent over formalities associated with renting the studio on which I have so set my heart–the one on St. Monica’s Road, off St. Paul’s Road, in Bandra. But I am not a novice at such deal-making, having rented apartments…
Seeking a Suitable Roof Over my Head in Bandra!
Monday, August 7, 2018 Bombay Namaste! I had a fitful first night in Bombay–as is to be expected when one is fighting dreaded jet lag. I slept for exactly an hour at a time and stayed awake for the next–and this went on from 12.00 midnight till 6.00 am! However, by 8.00…
A Perfect Homecoming! Back in Bombay—City of my Birth.
Southport, Connecticut-Bombay, India Sunday, August 5, 2018 Almost ten years ago to the day, I had left home in Southport, Connecticut, to take on a year-long teaching assignment through New York University in my favorite city in the world—London! This morning, I arose filled with similar excitement. A decade had passed…
Bye Bye Bombay (Sob Sob!) Hiya London (Yes, Again!)
Friday, January 20, 2017 London On a red letter day for America (although many I know associate it with black for mourning), when Donald Trump got sworn in as 45th President of the United States of America, I arrived in London. It was one of the saddest flights I can ever remember as…