weds- british council- precolonial india, astronomy
thursday- walking tour- ngo's and disability in india- astronomy
fri- railway museum- governance in india -higher education
Sorry I have not updated in a while, but its a sunday now so I have at least an hour before I head out! Just a quick post for wednesday to let you guys know what I have been doing. We went to the British Council in Delhi and were given talks by several people, one being the author and British-turned-Delhi-ite Sam Miller. He has written the book, 'Delhi, advenrtures in a megacity'. He is also a journalist, and gave some interesting accounts of the city and his travels in it. He first came to India for the wedding of his sister with and Indian man. He then fell in love with the grooms sister, and on and off has been in India ever since.
Then we had afternoon lectures on precolonial India and astronomy. Truth be told I was really looking forward to the precolonial India adventure however I could not understand a word the man said, and although he knew what he was talking about, he was also quite harsh and abrupt in his answering of questions.
That is a shame as trying to get to grips with how they got to where we are today needs an understanding of this
ReplyDeleteI know. It was unfortunate to say the least. He obviously knew what he was talking about, but had a strong accent and spoke very quickly!.... the astronomy lecturer on the other hand spoke quite clearly!
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