10 December 2008
This morning, while I was going down from school, Hari’s uncle and his wife stopped me to invite me for breakfast. It was nice because the curry was made of cauliflowers, which is was a pleasant change from the spinach! ;-) Hari’s uncle is educated (which is quite rare for his generation, and even for Hari’s generation) and showed me his books, as well as some old newspapers and sheets of paper but it was impossible for me to understand what was the link between all the things he showed me, and why he showed me all of that! I have to ask Hari when he’s back!
And tonight, I was invited at Goma and Tarkur’s place. They are the neighbours next door and Tarkur is Hari’s cousin.
They are very friendly people, and I really had a great evening. Tarkur knows a little bit of English and with my little Nepali we managed to have a decent conversation! Goma cooked “shel roti” which is fried rice-flour bread shaped like thin doughnuts. Very tasty! And after that, fried potatoes! So good! ? They explained to me as well that Goma and Ahma were going the next morning for a “pujah” (a ritual) in a famous temple, one day walk away. And that’s why they (because Ahmah was actually doing the same in her kitchen!) were cooking “shel roti”, so they could bring some for their trip, as the food would be very expensive there. They are very innocent people, like Hari’s parents, who’ve never been to KTM so they have absolutely no idea what a city is and even less a Western city. They were thus asking me questions like “Do you have a buffalo?” or “What vegetables do you cultivate?” and were wondering what I can possibly eat if I eat rice only once a week!!!
Well, it’s late so I’m going to sleep!
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