By Claudio | Volunteer
The travel experience and impression of one of our volunteer, thanks also to the time spent with women and in our tailoring together with enthusiasm and troubles. The work goes ahead.
A sort of stream of consiuosness.
Monday...first day #1
We need to consolidate an order for the delivery of garments in Italy. What to order? Which typology? Italian or Indian? Let it be the Indian designer to choose or we say what is sold in Italy? One thing that after a long day's only half the job. The dialogue is not easy, misunderstandings roam in the air and the tastes of the two cultures are completely different. But certainly we will come out.
We go to order the roof beams of the guesthouse: industrial area with a lot of traffic and if the world is moving fast, the speed here is insane. They are rebuilding around, expanding, changing the speed of light: in 10 years nothing will be like today. If it will be better we cannot know it We return quite tired ... just out in different directions we can hear the choirs of the Muslims on the occasion of the sunset. This variety is unique.
Tuesday #2
It starts with a discussion on the cost about some stuff. The received data seem incomprehensible, we will see.
Visit to the fabric market: more than a ride to shop is a blast from the ways of living in Indian cities. We can turn 4/5 places, half of those planned, but the result is still satisfactory, as well as the following lunch at a fast food (something fast in India then there exists?).
On the other hand they insist on the principle of not wanting to take charge of disabled people from their families, for which it is preferable to provide them with help at home thus avoiding "download" to the community.
Some doubts about the new monk of the center coordinator: lose the comparison with the previous year and does not seem too "cut" for the job it was intended ...
Wednesday #3
Still tailoring. The glass is half full, for the efficiency demonstrated by the new "secretary" in managing the work (sampling, inventories, impeccable management salaries), but maybe half full for the slowness with which we continue with the manager. Get to ask millimeter clarification is sometimes just too much to digest. Sic est ...
During the dinner, an interesting time of the evening at the close dialogue with a very friendly person looking to communicate in an understandable way. He has many things to tell about the political situation and especially on the environmental and international.
Thursday #4
Tailoring to the bitter end ...
I almost broke my head to manage numbers and codes of excel sheets that cross up to pick up the mist in the eyes.
Certainly the use of time may not be exactly perfect, but to see the positive, everything evolves in the desired direction of a civil organization but effective labor. And then wonderful group here in the living room, starting with the way in which our participation breaks and daily snacks, tasting of the children birthday cake etc.
I will try to repay a piece of wire to hang the electric cable of the master cutter taylor (masterchef as I nicknamed ...) that at one time or the other in a fit of inspiration will end up entwined in the cord. But he does not seem the least bit concerned or bothered by that blessed cable.
Various meetings: women, people, stores of prints, silk...
This part of the travelogue conveys all the passion and the desire of those who love India and our project: to understand, to know and support.
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