July 27, 2010

Today, we had more Hindi. We know 44 of the 52 letters. We had dictation which is when our teacher says a word or a couple of words and we have to write it in the Hindi script. I know how to write my full name in Hindi :). After that we had lunch on the way to Ramjas which is part of Delhi University. We had subway for lunch, the Indian version of subway is Indian food wrapped in a sub, such as chicken tikka sub. We had to eat our lunch on the way there because Ramjas is about 45 mins from the center where our IES classes are. When we got to Ramjas, which is very far north in Delhi. We met with the heads of the Political Science Department, History Department, English Department, and Science Department. At Ramjas they have a bigger and more interesting selection of poli sci classes than at JNU. However I talked to Cate (in charge of Delhi IES) and she said JNU would work better for my schedule and the professors are better. So, who knows. After Ramjas we were supposed to take the metro back, however a metro car wasn't working so the whole metro was shut down. So we had to wait an hour for the cars to pick us up to take us home. When I got home I studied my Hindi and watched Hindi soap operas (serials as they call them) and they are just as crazy as American soap operas, maybe even crazier. Tomorrow is more Hindi and then after lunch I think we are done so me and a fellow student, Karissa, who lives near by will go to a market close by to get some stuff. This weekend we are going to Shimla :)