One tip for anyone travelling in India... pop in to peoples houses around meal-times... they're bound to give you food. Think of it as 'skipping' or 'freeganism' today's breakfast was obtained in that way... delicious!
Today was a big day of interviewing... headed off to a village with Prof Hindelekar. When we arrived it turned out to be her village - so we spent the first hour sitting drinking chai and eating mangoes with her family. I like this kind of research.
Spoke to lots and lots of women - they are completely baffled at the idea that a man could be interested a) in women's nutrition and b) in anything to do with pregnancy at all. The men, in turn, are apparently quite confused that such a subject even exists...
At lunch time I was guided to a large house near the middle of the village. It has just been built, and so they were having a puja, with prayers, food etc. It was great to sit on the floor with all these people eating beautiful Indian food from leaf plates. However, the most memorable point has to be when an elder gentleman stood up, silencing a portion of the crowd, and boomed out -
"HE HAS COME FROM AMERICA",
to which there were many smiles, and much extra food was doled onto my plate...
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Haha! Good blogging. Loving the freeganism mention... go on... tell me where the new goa is... please?!
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