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msgid "Asia 2011 - Khammam"
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"My first morning in India I woke up very late in [the house of Pavithrans "
"parents][].  Pavithran was out organizing events for us, his father was at "
"work, leaving me with his mother.  She spoke little english - unsure if it "
"was lack of skills or she was humble, or perhaps she just felt as shy as me "
"in the situation."
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"[the house of Pavithrans parents]: "
"http://www.openstreetmap.org/?way=61899027\n"
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"How to, ahem, do your thing at a restroom when there is no toilet paper but "
"instead a bucket of water? I decided to not yell for help but use my "
"imagination."
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"How to eat breakfast local style? I knew from dinner previous night with "
"Pavithran that local custom was to eat with my hands and that it (lucky for "
"me) was tolerated in India to use left hand, so turned down the kind offer "
"for a spoon.  But were I supposed to mix rice with all the curries? Or one "
"at a time? In which order? What if a curry was too hot to dip my fingers "
"into? Was the liquid stuff to drink or to mix with the rice or eat "
"afterwards?"
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"I asked for help, and first she just smiled at my alien useless language and "
"then when I persisted, she patiently demonstrated with her hands in my food "
"how to do.  The only natural thing to do, really, and I dearly appreciate "
"her help and patiency.  But wauw, it was mind-blowing to me! Since early "
"childhood, fingers in food is a forbidden thing: \"Don't play with the "
"food!\".  On top of that, having someone else handle my dish while at the "
"table is something I associate with being very old and needing to be "
"spoon-fed."
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"In the afternoon we went for a small hike to an old stone fortress in the "
"middle of Khammam - with a great view of the sun setting."
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"Next day we went to Sarada Institute of Technology & Science where I gave my "
"first [talk][] to about 100 students.  I had intended to provide concrete "
"facts on Debian generally and on my pet project, Debian Pure Blends, but "
"then the night before decided to radically shift focus to their situation in "
"the early twenties - as best as I could imagine it.  Pavithran had clearly "
"expected a different style talk, but I liked it and believe it was received "
"well by the audience as well."
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"[talk]: http://dr.jones.dk/blends/talk/khammam/\n"
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"The teacher responsible for the event, Bhukya Jabber, afterwards asked for "
"hints on running Debian at their computer lab.  I suggested to not lock down "
"access but instead make it easy to reinstall, and he explained how he was "
"quite interested in a larger degree of learning-by-doing (which I had also "
"promoted in my talk)  but was constrained by curriculum dictated higher up "
"in the educational system."
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"Late that day Pavithrans father introduced me to [CPM Khammam][] - the local "
"offices and community center of the [Communist Party][] - and a colleague of "
"his at the place, N. N. Rao.  I instantly fell in love with the place and "
"its atmosphere, and now have an open invitation to come back to spend 1-2 "
"months to study and to collaborate with other users of the place (including "
"some kids hosted there) on Free Software."
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"[CPM Khammam]: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/630425208\n"
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msgid "Next morning we headed back by train to Hyderabad..."
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"I am still amazed how radical it feels sticking my fingers into food.\n"
"Not the physical feeling (I am not _that_ disconnected from my body) but\n"
"similar to a discovery I had as a teenager: After 7 years of\n"
"piano lessons (and numerous other instruments less patiently) I gave up\n"
"because I felt it was too hard expressing personality through the\n"
"instrument.  I then sang - as I had always done, just not treating the\n"
"voice as the serious muical instrument it then became to me.\n"
"Similarly I now learned that eating with the fingers is not just\n"
"yet another eating style like fork+knife or sticks\n"
" - it is the *natural* one. Obviously, in hinsight.\n"
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msgid "This text is part of my [[Asia 2011|asia2011]] scriblings."
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