A 10 day trip to India

A wedding where the bride wore a hand made bridal sari, a bethrothal enroute to where I saw chinese fishing nets in action, crisscrossing God's own country every day, being asked about the Wall and main streets crises and whether Obama will win, catching the wind in the Indian train doors, sweating more than ever before, paying 5 times more for anything than anywhere else in India, auto rickshaw wallahs stating charges in Euros - "that just cost you 1 Euro":-), chancing upon bus loads of tourists everywhere, switching to the vernacular easily in several languages, new world class work/office complexes in tier 1/2/3 cities, experiencing "missed calls" a "only-in-india" cellphone phenomenon firsthand, eating oily, sugar dripping sweets and authentic fish moilee, ericheri, pulicheri,chakka kuru varuthatu, kachimor and mor molaga - i had one helluva 10 day vacation.

Back in America, I feel I belong..catching up, continuing in the red in the economy, dems yet to close decisively..