day 2 con't

the main problem that I have with IES is that I want to take almost all of their classes.

Initially I had planned on taking 3 classes with IES: Hindi, Indian Women in Fiction and Film, and Cities of Delhi. I still want to take these classes, even more now that I've met the teachers. (Except for Hindi - of all of the professors I was least impressed with her.) But there's also Visual Narratives in Hinduism, which would basically be a combination of Visual Rhetoric and Hinduism, and Cultural Diversity, Linguistic Plurality and Literary Traditions in India, which frankly sounds awesome.

There are a few other unavoidable problems too. The pollution is pretty bad here to the point where everyone's boogers are black (TMI, probably, but the best way to describe it). The beds are hard so everyone wakes up with body aches, they gives us too much food so we're caught between guilt and gassiness, and honestly, walking along the street, trying to not make eye contact or step in dog shit or get run over is a bit wearing. Everyone has a bit of "Delhi belly".

One of the things that has most struck me here is the issue of water. Not being able to drink the water that comes out of the tap changes everything - we have to brush our teeth with drinking water. Also the simple fact that hot water is very limited makes showers pretty impractical; yesterday I showered out of a bucket and I'm just about to do so again today. It makes you so much more conscious of how much water you're using and how much you need it. All of this would have made an excellent piece for the water project...

Anyway, going to learn a bit more about mental health and such, so had better go. meep!