Signs

Driving around Bangalore is a very slow process and for the first week or so it was utterly frustrating. Some of the work I am involved with is on the opposite side of the city to where we live so it can take 1.5 hours to drive there for a 1 hour meeting. The journey home inevitably involves everyone running their errands so a short meeting will mean you are gone all day - 10am till 6pm.
But the thing I love most about all of this driving is the opportuntiy to just look around and some of the things you see are great.

There are the trucks with signs instructing you to sound your best horn:

 

Or the signs with bad spelling:

And those which have tried to use English but just dont quite get it right. 10 points for effort though:

 

(PLEASE DO NOT MAKE YOUR DOGS NUISANCE HERE)

 

There are a lot of issues with property ownership here and it is common for someone to try and sell your land even if they dont own it The whole system is complicated and very risky so people just use the old primary school technique... "this book belongs to..."

On other matters, the cooking is going well. I have expanded my repertoire a bit and tonight I am being taught by the master. Introducing Violet...

 

I work with her Son and daughter here and she cooks lunch for us almost every day. Tonight she is coming over to teach met to make dahl!!! I am excited, nervous and feeling very privileged.  I cant wait to report back to you all. This woman is a pioneer in so many ways, but the thing I love most is just hearing her stories bout how she was working towards empowering women in a very oppressive patriarchal society well before NGOs were on the scene. I will bore those who are interested when I get back.

Love to everyone and we will see you in just over a week.

Sarah x