I don't know what I ate or drank that put my body in full rejection mode, but I hope it's over with. I was awake last night a few times being violently ill, though everything I had today has stayed in. Unfortunately, I was too weak to jog this morning. Both meals I ate yesterday were in my hotel (it's close to the office and open during the bandh), so dinner tonight might be a PowerBar or some Spanish Tomato potato chips.
I've had a few good work days, though not in the areas I'd hoped. The bandh interfered with our connectivity testing (and my lunch), BSNL had an internet outage all day today (something about 100 metres of stolen cable), and I wasn't able to get as many decisive answers as I wanted.
Bandhs make things less interesting
We went to a dhaba (roadside outdoor-ish restaurant) for lunch. One of my associates ordered several dishes, only to find out later that we could only get daal, paneer, and roti because the bandh meant the market was closed. Restaurants don't carry big inventories. Instead, they send a boy to buy whatever you want (even if it's on the regular menu). Hence, no non-veg items and no vegetables. It was still good and I ate plenty, plus you can hardly complain about lunch for six for 390 Rs (about $10 US).
The roads and tons were pretty quiet. Crews were laying what I hope is cable (turns out the internet *is* a series of tubes...) bringing internet to the MFI branches. I saw a lot of people playing cricket (no school during bandhs, either), and guys squatting in a circle playing cards. Bandhs occur regularly here, so I suppose people have their routines.
Wrapping up
I and the Mifos Specialist Team head out tomorrow. I have another three-hour ride to Guwahati and six hours of flights (Guwahati-Kolkata-Hyderabad-Bangalore) to get home. I hope to relax a bit this weekend and maybe savor a few more Bangalore restaurants as part of my grand exit from India.
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