I’ve moved out of the Shastri’s home and I am currently
staying at the Brigade Apartment Complex in the twin building of the Murthys.
I went with the TFS people today to a wealthy private school
in JP Nagar to initiate a Green Club.
There were 80 or so children for 120 minutes and so a bit difficult to
engage. The private school kids tend to
be the worst behaved.
Wednesday we went to RV Public School to conduct an eye
screening. I immediately became anxious
about the atmosphere there—attitude from teachers, confusion about venue,
poorly behaved students, etc… We then
found out after lunch that it wasn’t even a government-funded school. We had the weekly meeting at Ajitashri for 2
½ hours. We each shared an update and
plan before the group.
Thursday morning I was due to meet Anand at Rajajeshwari
School in Srinivasanagar at 10:30 AM. At
11:20 AM I decided to find a payphone (still no cell phone). He had two-wheeler difficulties and so came
by auto. We met with the principal and
doctor about Doctors at School.
We set 7 or 8 July as a date for the parental
Q&A, etc… Afterward, we went to
Ajitashri and realized there was nothing to be done there. (I did pick up my
passport-size photos.) I walked to the
clinic and typed up a letter to the hospital asking for surgery at a reduced
price for one of their patients. A 16-
(or 19-) year old needed open heart surgery! I walked back, getting blisters
from shoes and had lunch at Shanti Sagar (Hot & Sour Soup and Aloo
Parotha).
Class on Spoken English
instruction began late–-long and quasi-helpful.
Dinner in Jayanagar 4th Block with summer interns. An Italian restaurant name Pascucci’s which
promoted ‘Free Wi-fi’ (didn’t happen). I
had spaghetti and (chicken) meatballs.
It was spicy but not that great. (Nausea in middle of the night.) I’ve decided not to eat non-veg for the rest
of the time. Dessert was delicious
though. I had a piece of cake called a B52.
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