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(>Subject: Greetings from Delhi
>Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:19:12 +0530

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>dear all,
>i know that this general-mail thing is not the most personal of ways to keep
>in touch, but after receiving a similar mail from ian today, i thought it is
>not a wholly bad idea after all (thanks, ian :)). and i'll keep it short. i
>have been in india for more than six weeks now and am in the middle of
>'phase I' of my obviously very important research. it's fun and it is also
>tiring (or let's say, delhi is), so i already slotted in a two week break,
>visiting my parents in the south and following up on a few contacts in
>bangalore. my geographical focus remains to be the north though and so i'll
>spend a couple more weeks in delhi and will then probably move on to
>rajasthan in november. i'm still desperately looking for a room in delhi
>(which is worse than london in this respect!) in order to be able to make it
>my base for the whole year, as i will be coming in and out during the
>following months. there will be one more holiday for divali (the hindu new
>year), which i will spend with a big part of the family in gujarat, north of
>bombay, in the old desai family house. so you can see that i am actually
>having a really good time, and i haven't even mentioned the food...
>as i do not have a permanent address yet, my old e-mail
>(desai@ukonline.co.uk) as well as this one will be the best means of
>contact. hope to get back to you soon in more detail (and hear something
>about your life for a change), best wishes - bina