The past two weekends I've been getting back out and exploring Delhi. Last weekend a colleague, Dana, wanted to go on a photo shoot early in the morning at Humayan's Tomb. It was a wonderful excuse to spend time walking around the ruins. The tomb was built in 1570, and was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent - that's only interesting in that it inspired several major architectural innovations, culminating in the construction of the Taj Mahal. And it was commissioned by the wife of Humayan, which is cool because most were done by men. It's been rennovated significantly since the last time I was there. Beyond the ruins being cool - there were peacocks everywhere, in trees, in bushes:) It's the national bird, so I shouldn't be that excited but I don't see them very often.
This weekend was nice as well. After having a bunch of people over for brunch (I didn't know half of them) I decided to go explore the local market with the goal of buying a squash racquet. So I took a walk to Malviya Nagar market. It was so wonderful! If you turn off the main road you end up in this endless maze of shops, one aisle selling vegetables, one selling cloth, one selling metal things (like cups, trash cans, utensils, milk bottles), jewelry. And the market is clearly up and coming because they have a Cafe Coffee Day and these grocer shops with a lot of western goods. I came home with a squash racquet (the first shop had no idea what I was talking about, badmitton? tennis?) and ball, a jump rope, vanilla essence (which I hope is the same thing as extract), a mattress topper, a battery for my good camera so that next time I go on a photo shoot I can use it, chapstick, and a handmade ceramic vase. A nice way to spend a few hours.
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