Edifying discussion with a school teacher...

We all have great moments of loneliness in life.It is a great effort for me to make the conversation to people that I don’t know, or whom I am not comfortable with. And what makes me even more uncomfortable is silence between these people and me. So usually I start babbling and I become unstoppable. Sometime I listen to myself speaking and wish I could just stop and run away but instead I...

Publié le 26/05/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

How to get nicely rid of a neighbour in 4 steps …

When I moved in here, I was full og good intentions … I really wanted to avoid the mistakes I did in Mumbai by not meeting the neighbours which I thought hated me but turned out to be nice when my cat forced me to talk to them. And eventually I did not go and say hi. Well I did speak with the old woman of the ground floor (I had forgotten my key) but she was least interested, she only...

Publié le 24/05/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Where is Waldo??

I am often asked how it is to work in India. I won't really go into details now; I will just illustrate the context: The hundred dollar question: "How do I make my brand visible in this"mess"??" I look for the answer, I look for it...

Publié le 08/05/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Camping

Publié le 06/05/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Revisiting The Visitors

  Big flashback every time I am on large road in India and I see a horse nicely getting his way through the traffic:   Then obviously a horse is not SO surprising when you see every day cows, buffaloes pulling a carriage, camels … And on top of it, they are the horses of marriage; it is not like people really travel on horses.   But it systematically reminds me this...

Publié le 30/04/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

The magical product

  I rarely speak about my job but I really like this story… So there it is… I went to visit to a customer last week who happens to be a pharmacist. A disgusting person to look at. He chews paan continuously (a mixture of betel leef, arequa nut and tobacco) so when he speaks to you, inevitably it is with his mouth full. If it was only that… It overflows from everywhere, he always...

Publié le 28/04/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

First night out in Delhi...

Another first: first night out 'as a couple' for my favorite Indian and me. After five years... Small flashback. Sunday, in the swimming pool of Neemrana fort palace: - You are French (in French in the text)? - Yes. - You dance the tango? - Euh - You must come to our tangi meetings, twice a week! Here is how my mother and I have met M., a very beautiful Indian lady in...

Publié le 09/04/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

The sofa-bed story

  A story that could happen anywhere. But that h appened to me here ... So here I was, looking for a sofa-bed. Something a little bit good looking. Not like that:   Rather like this:    In short, I found a guy who were selling these sofa-beds in Mumbai. For a decent price. And free shipping to Delhi. Done: on February 13th I placed my...

Publié le 26/03/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Installation in Delhi... electrical!! - Part 4

In Pune, we had up to 8 hours of power cuts per day in the summer.    In Mumbai, I did not have a single cut in 3 years.        In Delhi, I realized I was going to suffer ... so one of my first purchases was an inverter. The thing was plugged and seemed to be working fine. Though it looked really bad in my living room.    ...

Publié le 24/03/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...

Beds are so passé

Publié le 20/03/2012 dans Indian... par IndianSamourai | Lire la suite...