Today was quite a day in more ways that one. It started out uneventfully enough with a nice breakfast in the hotel. Our first stop was Humayun's Tomb, which is a precursor to the Taj and very beautiful. Then we went directly to the Gurudwara, which kind of messed us up because we were supposed to get there at 11:00 to meet our friend Santosh, but we actually got there at 10:30. We had planned to eat lunch there, but they don't start serving until 12:30, so getting there that early was a problem. Raj said he didn't know we were planning on eating lunch there, but it was on our itinerary. We ended up going for a tour of the place which included a tour of the kitchens, always a fabulous thing. Our group was very impressed by the Gurudwara, which is what we were looking for. We ended up going to eat lunch and then coming back to the Gurudwara to watch the folks eat lunch.
Then it was off to the Qtub Minar, which neither Grace nor I remembered correctly. We both remembered the large iron pillar, but neither one of us remembered the Minar itself, which is pretty impressive. We picked up a guide there and he told us a little information, but mostly helped us take groovy pictures.
Then we went off to Dr. Massey's Centre for Dalit and Subaltern Studies, which was clear on the other side of Delhi. The ride was kind of hair-raising and we went through some pretty poor sections of town. Dr, Massey very kindly met with us and we learned about the situation of Dalits and a little about Dalit Christianity. Then we went to Hi Mirchee, the restaurant where we ate with him last year. Mrs. Massey (Kala) was waiting for us there and we had a lovely dinner. We've really had great food ever since we've been here in India. Then it was back to the hotel for bed.
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