Christine Bernard

I really don't have much news of the project to share with you. When I returned from Agartala day before yesterday, I spoke to Bhola briefly over the phone. According to him all is well. The school is doing ok. Raiman and Kartik have recovered from their illnesses and Radha, who had taken a few days off to attend to some family business is back teaching.

The weather, however, has not been very good. It's still hot even though a few stray showers did provide some relief once in a while. Bhola had taken a few of the Roldih school children to Cheo for a visit on one such cool day.

I'm back from Agartala after a successful JNLI training session -- three sessions, in fact. I was able to see a fair bit of Tripura in the process and meet a lot of interesting and intelligent young people. Unfortunately, Tripura is on the other side of Bangladesh and hence somewhat isolated. It's beautiful and lush green. The people somewhat conservative and traditional. I really liked being there.

But no sooner did I arrive back in Kolkata I fell ill once again. I've in bed since I got back Monday evening. I'm feeling a lot better today and hence this blog entry for whatever it's worth.

I am also trying to contact my friend Christine Bernard. She left a message on the blog without leaving her email address! So Christine, if you are reading this, please email me at dakshinayan@gmail.com so that we can re-establish contact. It would be wonderful to be back in touch with Patricia and Gilles too! My daughter, who is touring Europe now, spent a few days in Grenoble! Unfortunately, I was unable to give her your contacts. Write to me all of you at the email address I've just provided.

That's all from me for the moment. Wish me a speedy recovery so that I can get back to work!