Report of 11 Nov '07
Hello from Chennai –
Everyone is busy at their books. Happy Diwali to you 3 days late. The festival is marked by getting up early, hair wash, new clothes, going down to light fireworks and distributing sweets to “near and dear,” a uniquely Indian expression. Naren and Navin made our sweets this year, as always, and my mother states that my job is made much easier due to this. Indeed. All of us got up early and Navin and I went down to do the fireworks, and then the boys distributed the sweets. We watched movies the rest of the day, and it was fun, fun, fun. We tend to stay w/ old favorites, and watched “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” and “The Untouchables.” A friend has lent us “The English Patient,” and Scott and I watched it over 2 days; it was bearable then, but I still cannot spell “Adultery” as r-o-m-a-n-c-e. That movie still epitomises boredom to me.
Scott is healing and starting to think of work. I tell you, our bodies do tell us when it’s time to slow down. When I was frenetically busy at St. Antony’s Hospital 3 years ago, I fell and fractured my foot and tailbone, and must confess to having enjoyed the time off. It’s similar with Scott, whose schedule had been pretty exhausting. We will visit the surgeon in 2 days; now I know what it’s like to have a doctor one trusts implicitly. Health is such an intimate issue that one can’t trust it to just anyone. We are lucky to have found good doctors, and a fine surgeon, at Sundaram Medical Foundation, where they also see our Banyan patients for free.
We took a quick trip to Ahmedabad in Gujarat state as this was Naren’s only available holiday time this year and I like the family to see all the treasures in our own backyard. (The rest of Naren’s school holidays are spent taking trips as a class and seeing socially conscious projects like a leprosy colony founded by Baba Amte, and investigating child labor in Kancheepuram – we like this agenda.) Mahatma Gandhi spent some years in Ahmedabad, setting up an ashram, which remains to this day and which we saw. There are also some magnificent mosques there, lasting from the 1400’s and 1500’s, and I was in some awe. So many treasures in our land, such an ancient civilization. Why do we assume the folks of yore were of substandard intellect by admiring their creations so much? Is it that these creations have lingered? Is it that these accomplishments were advanced for that time and now? It was, all told, most enthralling to touch a pillar or a latticed wall and know that a woman might have done the same thing 500 years ago.
We were totally delighted to see that Mr. Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs took less than his maximum permissible fee of $50 million for a contract renewal, settling for less and leaving the balance money for the management to be able to attract some new players. This is a team player, ladies and gents, and a person worth emulating. The Scott Weiss family members are on different sides during most sporting events, except when the Spurs are playing - and then, we root as 1.
The Banyan is in dire straits w/ the monsoon having wreaked havoc on our new buildings. Should you feel the need to help, please see http://www.thebanyan.org/, and please forward this request to all those who might be interested. Thank you.
“When a person tells you, ‘I’ll think it over and let you know’ - you know.” Olin Miller
Unw –
R
Everyone is busy at their books. Happy Diwali to you 3 days late. The festival is marked by getting up early, hair wash, new clothes, going down to light fireworks and distributing sweets to “near and dear,” a uniquely Indian expression. Naren and Navin made our sweets this year, as always, and my mother states that my job is made much easier due to this. Indeed. All of us got up early and Navin and I went down to do the fireworks, and then the boys distributed the sweets. We watched movies the rest of the day, and it was fun, fun, fun. We tend to stay w/ old favorites, and watched “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” and “The Untouchables.” A friend has lent us “The English Patient,” and Scott and I watched it over 2 days; it was bearable then, but I still cannot spell “Adultery” as r-o-m-a-n-c-e. That movie still epitomises boredom to me.
Scott is healing and starting to think of work. I tell you, our bodies do tell us when it’s time to slow down. When I was frenetically busy at St. Antony’s Hospital 3 years ago, I fell and fractured my foot and tailbone, and must confess to having enjoyed the time off. It’s similar with Scott, whose schedule had been pretty exhausting. We will visit the surgeon in 2 days; now I know what it’s like to have a doctor one trusts implicitly. Health is such an intimate issue that one can’t trust it to just anyone. We are lucky to have found good doctors, and a fine surgeon, at Sundaram Medical Foundation, where they also see our Banyan patients for free.
We took a quick trip to Ahmedabad in Gujarat state as this was Naren’s only available holiday time this year and I like the family to see all the treasures in our own backyard. (The rest of Naren’s school holidays are spent taking trips as a class and seeing socially conscious projects like a leprosy colony founded by Baba Amte, and investigating child labor in Kancheepuram – we like this agenda.) Mahatma Gandhi spent some years in Ahmedabad, setting up an ashram, which remains to this day and which we saw. There are also some magnificent mosques there, lasting from the 1400’s and 1500’s, and I was in some awe. So many treasures in our land, such an ancient civilization. Why do we assume the folks of yore were of substandard intellect by admiring their creations so much? Is it that these creations have lingered? Is it that these accomplishments were advanced for that time and now? It was, all told, most enthralling to touch a pillar or a latticed wall and know that a woman might have done the same thing 500 years ago.
We were totally delighted to see that Mr. Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs took less than his maximum permissible fee of $50 million for a contract renewal, settling for less and leaving the balance money for the management to be able to attract some new players. This is a team player, ladies and gents, and a person worth emulating. The Scott Weiss family members are on different sides during most sporting events, except when the Spurs are playing - and then, we root as 1.
The Banyan is in dire straits w/ the monsoon having wreaked havoc on our new buildings. Should you feel the need to help, please see http://www.thebanyan.org/, and please forward this request to all those who might be interested. Thank you.
“When a person tells you, ‘I’ll think it over and let you know’ - you know.” Olin Miller
Unw –
R
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