The Pataudi Palace Gurgaon

... Anyway. I woke in time for breakfast, just as we were flying over the mountains of Pakistan. Very pretty.

So, we landed - with a pretty scary bump, and went quickly through customs and a swine flu health check (which had body tempeatire cameras). I was met by a driver from my hotel, HOtel Rak, and he drove me in the tiniest beat-up little car I have ever seen!. He was very friendly and chatty. He pointed out things along the way, like the free children's hospital ...

... is in itself. check th videos out for a ride of your lif. after viewing the video it dos not giv it justice. cars, buses, bicycles, rickshaws, motorcycles, scooters all honking at each other. no rules just chaos, but surprisngly enough i only sa one accident, and it was not that horrible just a scooter fell over trying to get out of the way of a bicycle. riding around in a rickshaw was definatly one of favorite times in delhi.

my third and final day in delhi ...

Last night we went down the local park and did some serious sport, well cricket in fact! We had a bat and a bowl and some of the local kids joined in. Liz got chatting to the women and children who were fascinated by the fact she was not wearing sleeves and that Isobel was left at home reading. It was a tight match but I would probably say that India edged it on the run rate!
We then took our hosts out for dinner to the Indian equivalent of Pizza Hut ...

... but i remember what it was like, as a young child, rushing down the stairs on christmas morning, feeling like i had only just missed father christmas disappearing up the chimney. most people dismiss this feeling as a relic of their childhood, and spend every christmas trying to emulate it, but never even expect to succeed. i can honestly say, marching up those steps on a clear himalayan morning, my heart pounding, my hands freezing, my head turning at every split second i ...

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... analyzing a rather complex scenario of income and post-tax income (see table). In our study, we have considered three high-income slabs-Rs 20 lakh, Rs 30 lakh and Rs 50 lakh-each of which consist of income through legitimate means. In each of the income bracket, 60% of income is declared, while the remaining is hidden. Traditionally, such hidden income would ...

... the money is disbursed by his/her bank to the developer in stages. This way, the developer gets the money upfront. This usual practice obviates the need for him to go in for market borrowing to fund his project.In the changed economic context, the prospective flat buyers have turned cautious and ...

... and a big table full of bangles (the brightly colored bracelets that go with the traditional indian outfits) The first part was working through each woman in the room (there were many of them) and then a period of time where people were mostly sitting around chatting. It was a beautiful sunny day at a stunning house they had rented for the event. The second part was everybody going down to the basement annd watching a couple of choreographed bollywood dance numbers they ...

... day we took the students to the music room, the
play room and the pool. The pool was very shallow for safety reasons.

Day seventeen. 15/05/2006

Today
was a similar routine to the day before. It consisted of helping to
prepare the meals, preparing Chinu for school and volunteering at
'Action for Autism'.

From watching the teachers I learnt a valuable lesson that to teach you must first show how it is done.

That
night I went out to dinner at ...