Ugh Oh...

I spent the last weekend in a beautiful state of food heaven. Pani puris, dosa, various Indian desserts, ras, and even a latte and a doughnut to satiate my quest to find American junk food in India. No, it was not a mango doughnut - just a chocolate one - but I wasn't laughed at. At the cafe, I saw my second person with curly hair!

Anyway, the bliss only lasted for the weekend. I awoke today in a seemingly normal state but as soon as I had breakfast, diarrhea came to mock me for my eating party over the weekend. After lunch came nausea and vomiting, and both visited again after I had water three hours later. Dinner is staying put so far, so perhaps that's a good sign. It was inevitable...and the food was so worth it. Where's Pepto Bismol when you need it, though?

A Slum-Free Future?

During the elections last month, a new party called Congress won the majority of seats on almost all levels, so the newspapers have been filled with upcoming changes in the government. A woman by the name of Prathibha Patil was named the new President and one of the promises she has made is to make India slum-free in the next five years. It's certainly progressive, ambitious, and necessary, but also completely unrealistic in five years. Regardless, the motivations are good; Kant would be proud. Let's see where it goes in five years.

Here's the article:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Will-India-be-slum-free-in-5-years/articleshow/4618346.cms