Normally I don't really like radio music in public, and avoid that style of entertainment in my personal life. And certainly don't appreciate loud music from neighbours. But India actually has some groovy tunes which I can dig. They are dancey and have a whole different scale/note system and style. It is probably a good thing that I can't understand it though. Maybe it's only at this place I am staying. I'll find out if it's different elsewhere very soon.
Something which is striking is that the heat is so intense, that if you place your hand on inanimate objects, they are warm. There's a lot more I could say but I am still in the midst of anxiety-ridden uncertainty. I have not had the mind to do very much lately, let alone articulate my full mind via keyboard. But things are looking up, and I may soon find myself with something closer to a place to rest. My main goal is to find somewhere suitable, and if it works out, stay there for a month at least. I have dearly been wanting a month of rest for around 5 months or so. Or, especially these past few months. The reality is that I have had an unease for 3 years, and it has compounded and accelerated within the past few months to levels which I have not experienced for literally 20 years.
Oh and another thing: I am really glad I didn't go to the big tourist spots. Out-of-the-way places are absolutely the way to experience any new region instead of being coddled by pseudo-western convenience which is barely changing anything from what you left behind. That's not to say I am not still a westerner; I am living a life of relative luxury because of the imbalance between first and third world. I do not relish this, and just today I was given an offer to possibly contribute in a meaningful way to that disparity instead of just leeching off or just throwing money around as a tourist.
Something which is striking is that the heat is so intense, that if you place your hand on inanimate objects, they are warm. There's a lot more I could say but I am still in the midst of anxiety-ridden uncertainty. I have not had the mind to do very much lately, let alone articulate my full mind via keyboard. But things are looking up, and I may soon find myself with something closer to a place to rest. My main goal is to find somewhere suitable, and if it works out, stay there for a month at least. I have dearly been wanting a month of rest for around 5 months or so. Or, especially these past few months. The reality is that I have had an unease for 3 years, and it has compounded and accelerated within the past few months to levels which I have not experienced for literally 20 years.
Oh and another thing: I am really glad I didn't go to the big tourist spots. Out-of-the-way places are absolutely the way to experience any new region instead of being coddled by pseudo-western convenience which is barely changing anything from what you left behind. That's not to say I am not still a westerner; I am living a life of relative luxury because of the imbalance between first and third world. I do not relish this, and just today I was given an offer to possibly contribute in a meaningful way to that disparity instead of just leeching off or just throwing money around as a tourist.
