Writing from Dhaka, Bangladesh, where we are in the
closing stages of our visit, though the actual departure from here could take
another couple of days. It's a bit sunny outside now (after mostly cloudy days
earlier), which is nothing good as it would raise the level of humidity. So
whenever we go out of our AC room, we'd feel the heat. The visit has been
pretty uneventful, with people here mostly cooperative, though we do expect
some fireworks when we sit down later today to discuss our initial findings.
We have hardly moved around in the city. Bought some DVDs, out of which 3 (Harry Potter, Lord of Rings & Last Samurai) I've already watched. Went to the same NGO supermarket/branches thereof twice, but could not finalise the Jamdani sari I was hoping to purchase for wifey, the prices mostly hovering in the stratosphere. It gives an idea how much the NGOs here earn, from all sorts of activities - there is a BRAC Bank, BRAC Property & god knows what else! With their income totally exempt, one wonders where all this money is going. As expected, I've no language probs as most people speak a version of Bengali which is not too difficult to understand. The hotel under Sri Lankan management is also OK, with a master chef who rustles up anything - for the Italian/Sri Lankan/International buffet dinners on different days of the week - wtih elan. They also provided a pretty good aloo zeera last evening for our dinner. Today we had lunch at the office canteen, which was actually better than what we were getting from outside last week.
I'll have a few days at home when I get back to India, before I leave for Bangkok.
We have hardly moved around in the city. Bought some DVDs, out of which 3 (Harry Potter, Lord of Rings & Last Samurai) I've already watched. Went to the same NGO supermarket/branches thereof twice, but could not finalise the Jamdani sari I was hoping to purchase for wifey, the prices mostly hovering in the stratosphere. It gives an idea how much the NGOs here earn, from all sorts of activities - there is a BRAC Bank, BRAC Property & god knows what else! With their income totally exempt, one wonders where all this money is going. As expected, I've no language probs as most people speak a version of Bengali which is not too difficult to understand. The hotel under Sri Lankan management is also OK, with a master chef who rustles up anything - for the Italian/Sri Lankan/International buffet dinners on different days of the week - wtih elan. They also provided a pretty good aloo zeera last evening for our dinner. Today we had lunch at the office canteen, which was actually better than what we were getting from outside last week.
I'll have a few days at home when I get back to India, before I leave for Bangkok.
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