with Sri Ganesh

- 19-04-10:

… Krishna’s team is there, and so is Arun, who seems – and I’m thankful for it – to be getting more involved in the task here… … The fat local Congress politician comes in with a bunch of his relatives and, seeing me apply tilakam on Vinod’s forehead, asks me to bless the youngest of the group; then he offers Rs. 50/- … Parthy has gone to Thirupati with his family, for a couple of days; I wasn’t very happy about it, but he had vowed to himself, while still in the hospital last fall, that he would again climb the 1,000 steps to the top of that hill…

Sri Ganesh, Quiet Seer and Poet Of all vicissitudes, So refined and so poised, So ancient and free

And yet so near, The sight of you Is a comfort To all, For you seem To bridge All chasms

And know the way through, And know the way through…

- 20-04-10:

… It is very hot nowadays… And the tank is empty, there is no power supply, Arun hasn’t come, Krishna’s team is busy on a neighboring land, and the huge monster of a machine (people call it KCB, I don’t know what it means) has come into the garden – it moves like a battle tank, but has an extensible limb that can dig, lift, scoop, throw, smash and flatten… It is now only digging a new trench for the phone underground cables… While elsewhere in the garden, some of the Highways crews lounge or eat or rest or use their phones…

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