A day spent marking projects and doing laundry does not make for interesting writing material!
So, following the lead of Shakespeare, and of Jerry Seinfeld who wrote "The Show About Nothing," this is my blog about nothing.
Friday is our day to pick up/drop off dry cleaning so we did take the five minute walk down the street to Blue Box Drycleaners. Good prices--five shirts for 350 rupees.
They also do some stitching at the shop so if you wish to have some clothing made, this is one of the men who will do that for you.
Quite amazing to watch him work, sans electricity. Even the serger is a treadle machine. Many years ago, I tried to sew with a treadle machine and just could not do it. This man is an expert!
All the feral dogs around must have started life as cute little puppies, but rarely do you see the puppies. This litter was hanging out by the dry cleaners one day.
Mom was there, too, and she got a little protective of her hungry baby when I got too close with the camera.
In Canada, TATA usually means "thank you" when one is talking to a baby.
In India, TATA means a huge and diverse global company that makes a very small car.
It is the cheapest car in the world, priced between $2000 and $3000.
The car is 122 inches long, 59 inches wide and 65 inches high.
This particular one belongs to someone just around the corner from our house.
On the other hand, TATA also makes these big and colourful trucks that haul goods everywhere.
In 2008, the company purchased Jaguar and Land Rover.
It has quite a line of vehicles!
But that is not all. Recently we were at a restaurant and this particular brand of bottled water is another TATA product!
They are into everything--originally starting with steel. But, their long list of products today includes teas, iodized salt and many, many more.
Cricket! Cricket is to India what Ice Hockey is to Canada, except the professional cricket players are not involved in a labour dispute.
We have yet to see a live cricket match other than the games the young boys are playing in the neighbourhood. However, we can see serious matches on television most days. I understand that some of them can actually last for a few days!
Here is our closest neighbourhood supermarket. This one has room for one line of customers. So, if you are first in you will have to wait to get out! But there is a lot of inventory to choose from.
And here is a memory from Mark Evered's visit to our house. Yes, India has built a better mousetrap. Actually, it is for a rodent that is a bit bigger than a mouse, and even at that, the tail is sticking out the trap door.
We did have a wee bit of a rat issue and, fortunately, the heroic UFV President and Vice Chancellor was here to remove the trap and its inhabitant for us.
That is all from Chandigarh today!
