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.
Today was a nice change of pace. Spoke to Parimallaji for
some time. Beautiful view at this
locale.
My room in Brigade
Mother and Son at Brigade
Family at Brigade
Private School in JP Nagar
"Brigade Towers"
Monsoon over Bangalore
View of Bangalore
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