It's not that !ndia is actually hotter than an average STL summer. It is that you just can't escape the heat. you wake up hot. you eat breakfast with hot tea and you are hot. you are hot while traveling 60 kph in an auto rickshaw. You're hot while teaching slum children their ABCs as they climb all over you. you drink chai with the staff after work, burn your tongue, and are hot. You feel hot watching Indian music videos on TV after dinner. And you are defintely hot while falling asleep. and while dreaming.
My new friend from Saudi Arabia, Mana, said that during Ramadan in his country, if you are spotted eating you would be fined or even arrested. I can't imagine being in a country such as that. He also has 15 siblings. Today is Eid, the end of Ramadan, so since the majority of my students are Muslim, the center is closed.
Yesterday we went to Pizza Hut (thx for the suggestion, Sathya!) and ate Indian tasting pizza, had lemonade and ice cream in AIR CONDITIONING.
It's funny what you take for granted.
Erin
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Do they have fans in the volunteer apt? Are children exempt from not eating during Ramadan like they are during Rosh Hashana? Oh yea, happy apples and honey :) I'll always remember that text you sent us a long long time ago saying that.
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