Haley did get the boot, after all and Sanjaya wasn’t even in the bottom three!
On a different note, am settling in rather nicely in the new office. This morning bumped (literally) into a chap with nice pearly whites, and he said ‘sorry’ in that very refined, yet non-effeminate sort of way, that’s immensely rare in this part of the world.
We have a cosy cafetaria, which gets immensely crowded since we are NOT supposed to eat at our desks, a rule that jumped at me, when I offered a piece of khakra to the editor. She took a bite and then spilled the beans. It was a bizaare moment of truth.
And on yet another note, we have a humungous supermarket within the same compound as the office, and people always seem to be shopping with a vengeance.
I guess the supermarket/mall culture is still a novel thing in India and though, supermarkets are convenient, too much mall makes me rather depressed. I grew up on a diet of malls (luckily on a few other things like books, too), and to be honest, it’s a dumbing-down hangout experience of the most serious kind.
People are enraptured, and busy indulging themselves, whilst Mumbai city is grappling with an impending power shortage. It’s important for every one of us to use discretion with electricity, water and other resources in our own way, and be more realistic about our material needs.
In these times I think wastage is a mortal sin.
