Jazz night was excellent. Measured thoughts on it later. I’ve had entirely too much work today, so I haven’t even been able to step out of work to buy milk! Until just now - all the agents have decided to be busy right now, so I’m going to take my ten minutes for chai.

My friend lives next to a market, and it is very happening. There’s places like this all over - thippsandra, chikpete, places in Pune - but I think what is unique about Delhi is that they’re all more planned - so the bazaar is happening in 4 concentric rectangles around a large park. And (perhaps because of the population density?) the incidence of these bazaars (and parks) are much higher here than elsewhere. I love it!

I went to get tea and the man running the shop wasn’t there, so a few regulars colluded to pour me some in the span of thirty seconds. The stall owner got yelled at for not filling the kettle before he left 😁

I’m in an area that is relatively planned - it was built up to accommodate refugees from the partition - so I’m told the cameraderie in the neighbourhood is higher. Most regulars have families who grew up here.

There are so many food places interspersed with the bazaar! I’m holding off on chaat until a friend accompanies me, but I am sorely tempted. I am also told that the standards for all kinds of food is just much higher here than in Bangalore. I feel like the service is definitely much better. At pianoman last night, in a packed house, when I asked for water, the waiter remembered that id asked for warm two hours ago and brought me more of the same. It was a good, surprising feeling.