Friday, November 1

We have come to Chalai market at dusk. We have come to buy coffee on our way to our third party of the week. I will take a flurry of photographs at different settings and decide I like this one best. The in focus ones, using a sensible level of flash, look dull and prosaic by comparison.

We will go on to a self–declared TGIF party at Raju’s office apartment where we will meet Joss and Jolly, along with Asha and Devi, along with Pauline, and finally Geeta and Göran.

We will also meet a couple of people for the first time, and we will eat our way through a big cake to celebrate Radha’s birthday.