The Before...

So.... Sitting in a London internet cafe, passing time while the rain falls outside and the temp is in the mid-60s. Tomorrow in Delhi and the weather report is for 95 degrees ! every day for the next week

Have mostly been too busy these last weeks to dwell on anything else but what was needed for that particular day ( or hour, or minute). Any time I did peer "outside" , the world was doing its best to look vulnerable and unpredictable. I seem to recall that the Bhagvagita version of the end of the world is marked by when people start eating their own children. Things not quite that grim yet ! but, it's not a bad metaphor for what has been happening in the financial world.

Is doubt the ugly sibling of knowledge and judgement ? One could spend a lot of hours deciding these if times require staying closer to home & business and whether it is "OK" to be taking a long break to travel to far away places. And, being who I am !, I've spent at least a few hours pondering such....

My conclusion: It's probably a very good time to go away. There's really not much more we could have done to make our lives more secure and being plugged in to the information pipeline only makes us feel more insecure (if better informed) without really giving us any tools to change the reality of the day.

And so begins a search for newer perspectives in older places... Next message from India !


Brett