This is a man selling apples and pears in an Old Dehli market.  Apples are also the delicacy of the next city we visit, Shimla.

Ok, so the first week we were honored at a dinner, and one of my colleagues actually sat with the mother-in-law of the guy who wrote Slumdog Millionaire.  Dang, why didn't i sit at that table.  anywho,  we went to Old Dehli which is actually newer than New Dehli and a Shikh temple and then I got Dehli Belly - off of what, I don't know b/c i didnt eat that day.  Anyways, pictures are below.

We started out with a lecture with Dr. Govinda at the USIEF.  We lit candles around a sculpture that very much looks like the warrior Osun's implement in Yoruba/Lucumi.  It was beautiful.  We also were introduced to India dignitaries at a lawn dinner at the Fulbright House.  I felt honored and blessed to be there!  I also met the Minister of Culture and his wife!

I am sooo wrong for just starting this blog, but we have had a really busy, jam packed schedule in India. 
First day we arrived; July 1 - we checked into the Taj Mahal Hotel - Mansingh and received orchid leis, coconut water or freshly squeezed mango, papaya, or watermelon juice, and our room keys.  The first full day we went to the open air, KAHN market!
I had to get some gear for the hot weather.  The clothes that I bought were cool but- Brooklyn cool.  They were not cool enough for India.  It's 120F here!  However, I have heard that its boiling in New York too.  You reached like 103F a couple days ago.
I digress, anyways, we stayed in Dehli for almost a week and then to the Himalayan mountain city, Shimla.