July 4th came and went

last night we dropped bhutty off at the train station. he left for bangalore to go to college. everyone feels like he is going so far away, like Alaska. santosh and i took a shared autorickshaw for part of the trip home. by "shared" i don't mean a big tempo, but a regular size rickshaw in which they try to squeeze in at least 6-7 people inside and outside (hanging). when santosh and i sat in the rickshaw, this man joined us and started talking to santosh. they sounded quite chummy, and i eventually realized that he lives in our "society." while we were waiting for more passengers, a police sheep pulled up behind us and started blaring its siren, so for about a block we zoomed around to escape it. in the US, this type of scenario would worry me, but not in India.

speaking of rickshaws, santosh is thinking to buy one and renting it out to a driver. "rich dad, poor dad" would be proud bc this way santosh himself doesn't have to spend his time driving, but he still earns money. but here is the really cool part-- i can decorate it (shah rukh khan posters?) and put my name on the back.

we spent yesterday at Palika Bazaar shopping for some clothes for him. I got a really nice looking leather (?) handbag. tonight i am going to laxmi nagar with santosh so i can get myself a decent outfit to wear!

on saturday santosh and i went to shipra (new super fancy mall) to see a movie playing there. we saw Paheli. it was such a beautiful movie-- lots of rajasthani motifs, so jodhpur people should definitely check it out. and rani mukherji was just beautiful. while i was at the mall, i also saw three people, including santosh, at different times, walk into glass doors/partitions bc they could not see them.