New Delhi, India
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Jackie Lallier wrote: "It was still raining when we had a full breakfast buffet before a 10:30 conference where we learned to put our heels together for a greeting "namesta", learned how to clap our hands and bow heads, and to say "raam raam" in an informal greeting. We learned the country really learned to start moving "ahead" in 1991 with a "culture shock". China has the largest population of people and India has the second. The United States is 5 times bigger than India but India has four
times more people. India is building a new "metro" system, started in 2000 and will be completed in 2020~ Then we were on our bus to New Delhi (built during colonial times by the British 250 years ago).
Delhi is the social, industrial and political center ofIndia with a population of 14.5. The Prime Minister is the head of the governrilent and Sonja Gandhi "runs" things. The President is Mrs. Sadarth Patel. Garden City has the 5th largest railroad system. The Peacock Golf Course has 27 holes and is played with irons only. We drove on a round-about that is six lanes and is SO big, there is a large park area in the center. On January 26th, the people have a Parade Day on the King's Highway.
We took the metro to the Old Delhi Bazaar within the old walled city.
Then we had to use umbrellas but still got wet as we had to take off our shoes and socks to be barefoot (& cover our heads) to enter the Jama Masjid ("to gather"), the biggest mosque in India. It is very impressive from the outside but is very plain inside. We were back on the bus by 4:15 and drove through the ~~Junk Market". Raj treated us to "chikuz" - a cross between an apple and a pear that was very good.
Our next stop was at the Ma (great) hatma (soul) Gandhi Memorial. When he was a young man, he stole some money from his dad and felt so bad he wrote a special letter to him, after which his dad sent him to England to study law (he had married just before this time). His dad had told him about South Africa and when he went there, he was the fIrst "brown" man on a fIrst class train and decided to fIght apartheid after his experience. He was in and out of jail and went back to India to fIght inequality. He led a 200-mile protest march and became acquainted with Nehru who wanted power and was the fITst prime minister. Back on the bus at 5:30, we were off to Lazeez Affaire Restaurant for filling food. "
Jackie Lallier wrote: "It was still raining when we had a full breakfast buffet before a 10:30 conference where we learned to put our heels together for a greeting "namesta", learned how to clap our hands and bow heads, and to say "raam raam" in an informal greeting. We learned the country really learned to start moving "ahead" in 1991 with a "culture shock". China has the largest population of people and India has the second. The United States is 5 times bigger than India but India has four
times more people. India is building a new "metro" system, started in 2000 and will be completed in 2020~ Then we were on our bus to New Delhi (built during colonial times by the British 250 years ago).
Delhi is the social, industrial and political center ofIndia with a population of 14.5. The Prime Minister is the head of the governrilent and Sonja Gandhi "runs" things. The President is Mrs. Sadarth Patel. Garden City has the 5th largest railroad system. The Peacock Golf Course has 27 holes and is played with irons only. We drove on a round-about that is six lanes and is SO big, there is a large park area in the center. On January 26th, the people have a Parade Day on the King's Highway.
We took the metro to the Old Delhi Bazaar within the old walled city.
Then we had to use umbrellas but still got wet as we had to take off our shoes and socks to be barefoot (& cover our heads) to enter the Jama Masjid ("to gather"), the biggest mosque in India. It is very impressive from the outside but is very plain inside. We were back on the bus by 4:15 and drove through the ~~Junk Market". Raj treated us to "chikuz" - a cross between an apple and a pear that was very good.
Our next stop was at the Ma (great) hatma (soul) Gandhi Memorial. When he was a young man, he stole some money from his dad and felt so bad he wrote a special letter to him, after which his dad sent him to England to study law (he had married just before this time). His dad had told him about South Africa and when he went there, he was the fIrst "brown" man on a fIrst class train and decided to fIght apartheid after his experience. He was in and out of jail and went back to India to fIght inequality. He led a 200-mile protest march and became acquainted with Nehru who wanted power and was the fITst prime minister. Back on the bus at 5:30, we were off to Lazeez Affaire Restaurant for filling food. "
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