1. My friends want to take me along on a drive to their favorite place in Kasol, Himachal Pradesh about 15 hours north to the unchartered parts of the hills, near the Himalayas for a weekend getaway. The snow has finally come and it supposedly a sight to see. Delhi kids do this frequently to get out of the city.
2. My closest friend at work, Tanya, wants to take me to her home and stay with her family in Chandighar, Punjab. This is supposedly the best planned city and one of the nicest built cities in India.
3. My best girlfriend in Delhi, Sonali, wants to take me to her hometown in Dehradun. She is Kashmiri Pandit and she wants me to see her home and her home city, as well as true North India.
4. Dr. Nimisha wants to take me to her hometown of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. This is home to the best food of India, notably Nawabi and Muglai food. She also wants to take me to the east of India, in Jharkhand to see our theater street play project (one that I am working with), but the Naxalite movement there is proving to make it a security issue for a US citizen such as myself. She said if we can somehow disguise me to look more Indian, it might be safer. However, our director said no. Too many people are getting kidnapped there.
5. Dr. Utpal wants to take me into the hills of Uttaranchal to see the Mobile Health Van project but this requires someone who can handle driving inside the mountains. If not this, at least Agra to see the Taj Mahal. This is also an awful drive. Uff.
6. One of my best friends is coming here soon and wants me to join her in Calcutta.
7. I get about five calls a day from my family in Bombay asking me when I am coming there.
I only have 7 weekends left in India, and I haven't even seen all of Delhi.
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