Above – (Sunday) At Karachiwala (Indian Handicraft) trying to decide which Hanuman to buy.

Outside the hustle and bustle of the city, the countryside is really quite beautiful. On our way for Ayurvedic treatments, we drive the back way and see a different side of things.

Country homes.

Oh, and look – cows!

I’m really proud of this YouTube video. I’ll apologize in advance. It was a bumpy ride …

The person in the video sitting next to me in the car is Pesh. She’s also from Australia. She and I share rides from the Institute.

I think I may have mentioned in an earlier post that Mini, one of the Ayurvedic doctors at the husband and wife clinic fixes us a huge homemade lunch after our treatment. This is what I had today. The meal was delicious. I think the grandkids would enjoy the colorful pomegranate salad.

Oh, and look! Another cow!!
  

I will never tire of seeing cows.

Meanwhile, back in Model Colony, below is a nearby apartment/condo. It’s very typical of the structures around where I’m staying. Look how nice the sidewalk is. In 2013, one of the Australian students broke her ankle walking on the sidewalk and ended up having to return home for surgery. Yikes! I’m really glad they made these sidewalk improvements. It’s too bad they didn’t go around to collect all the old bricks. You can see a couple loose bricks. Those are from the old sidewalk. They’re all over the place.

You can’t tell from the photo, but the children on the school playground in the distance are playing cricket, soccer and field hockey.

Armored car Indian style.

Prashant: “Some of you will go home and say Prashant’s class is boring. One day you will say it’s fascinating.” He was far from boring to me this morning.

I observed Abhijata’s Intermediate 2 class last night. It was packed full and she was on fire! Tomorrow morning is the women’s class. Hopefully it will be Geetaji again.

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