I feel bad today.
My theory is that this is due to a short course of antibiotics. I took them for five days (five pills) starting January 24, two days (four pills) following February 5, and one day Tuesday January 13 (two pills). The latter two visits included flora treatment for six and ten days respectively.
Nandan had me call the doctor this morning against my wish to call on a Sunday. The doctor told me to get more pills then see him tomorrow. Evidently, if the doctor gives one prescription, it is reusable indefinitely. It was not dated. I took two more pills, one being for tomorrow, then I will see him tomorrow.
Nandan applies for a job at the Radisson tomorrow. He asked asked me for advice, never having had a job interview or having been to a hotel. Within the social context here this is not much of a barrier; I can make no predictions about the hiring though. Perhaps I have said before that under/unemployment here seems nearly total. It should not be this way for people like Nandan.
Friday was the marriage celebration of Shiv and Parvati. Nandan and I went to the parade at 7 but left because it had not started by 9 and in fact did not start until 10. Rajan stayed up all night doing jap of recitation of the names of the 12 jhoti lings 1000+ times. He continues to ask me about boy-girl relations in America, with a focus on marriage. I keep trying to tell him that in urban areas a couple is unlikely to get married without financial incentive over love incentive, and yet the couple decides this without parental involvement. I tell him that people are inclined to move in together without marrying, and that there is no stigma against this. He understands that this is okay, but still makes assumptions that assimilate marriage as something… that I do not understand. I do not know what marriage means to him either, and I do not know how to begin explaining it.