Update #5
We start building the school today. As I write this, a worker has started building the retaining wall. We have decided to build 8 rooms for now, four rooms in a single storey using bricks. We have dropped the idea of using tin sheds and have decided to build more permanent structures. I will keep you updated with photos and videos once I feel a bit better.
Also, the vehicle which I mentioned in update #4, is with the mechanic and therefore I have no way to travel to anywhere from this village. Of course I can call the local taxi folks but that is always expensive. I intend to let go of the vehicle, it will fetch a small price. I intend to buy an Alto for going from A to B. However, I am not sure the banks will be able to finance that. Let's see if that goes through.
I had an argument with someone from the local area on Whatsapp and texts and after that I have felt emotionally labile. I wrote some angry messages to LGM too about him not really helping me with anything. He has not read the messages as of yet and I have deleted a few.
Last evening I had a fever, body aches. I still feel feverish and have body aches. My knees hurt from the injury I sustained while running.
Lakshmi Devi (or LD, named changed to protect identity), the home help, will not come to the place for 5 days on account of her menstrual cycle which means I have to do all the work myself at least 5 days a month. She has also asked for holidays on Sundays. This can mean I will be self dependent for 9 days a month. Although I intend to tell her that 9 days off a month is a bit too much, it is still better than doing everything 30 days a month which I have for the last 3 years ever since I moved to the hills.
LD also informed me that she would feel "shy" if a member of the Brahmin caste or a Thakur caste (suvarna castes) from the village came over to my place for lunch or dinner, as she belongs to a scheduled caste family. I told her if a Brahmin or Thakur does indeed visit me, they will have a choice to eat or drink whatever is served or not eat or drink whatever is served. There is not much I can do about it.
A Brahmin lady came over to my place and told me that LD should only work "menial" jobs and not cooking or dishes and that the Brahmin lady herself would cook for me. I appreciate her kind gesture; however, I have committed to LD who belongs to a poor family, has 3 kids to feed, one of whom will study in the school I am going to build.
One reason why we need to marry is to get help with household work, even if a man or a woman can provide enough for home help, the lady or the man of the house must supervise everything depending on who has chosen to be the bread winner. You cannot do much if you haven't eaten or eaten properly.
I am also refining my homa skills through Srini guruji's classes online.
I feel emotionally labile nowadays. Yesterday, while walking back from the highway road above, about 4 to 5 km from the village, I started crying as I felt overwhelmed with the events of the last few days. Life has changed a lot in the last 10 days.
Health is a beautiful gift from God. Life cannot be too good if there is lack of health and vitality. But life is a constant struggle too and must be endured with self-respect, health or not.
I don't have a Microsoft Office subscription. It expired a few months ago and I am yet to receive the PF money to buy a new subscription. Until then I cannot develop the Gantt progress chart, I mentioned in an earlier post.
Also, the vehicle which I mentioned in update #4, is with the mechanic and therefore I have no way to travel to anywhere from this village. Of course I can call the local taxi folks but that is always expensive. I intend to let go of the vehicle, it will fetch a small price. I intend to buy an Alto for going from A to B. However, I am not sure the banks will be able to finance that. Let's see if that goes through.
I had an argument with someone from the local area on Whatsapp and texts and after that I have felt emotionally labile. I wrote some angry messages to LGM too about him not really helping me with anything. He has not read the messages as of yet and I have deleted a few.
Last evening I had a fever, body aches. I still feel feverish and have body aches. My knees hurt from the injury I sustained while running.
Lakshmi Devi (or LD, named changed to protect identity), the home help, will not come to the place for 5 days on account of her menstrual cycle which means I have to do all the work myself at least 5 days a month. She has also asked for holidays on Sundays. This can mean I will be self dependent for 9 days a month. Although I intend to tell her that 9 days off a month is a bit too much, it is still better than doing everything 30 days a month which I have for the last 3 years ever since I moved to the hills.
LD also informed me that she would feel "shy" if a member of the Brahmin caste or a Thakur caste (suvarna castes) from the village came over to my place for lunch or dinner, as she belongs to a scheduled caste family. I told her if a Brahmin or Thakur does indeed visit me, they will have a choice to eat or drink whatever is served or not eat or drink whatever is served. There is not much I can do about it.
A Brahmin lady came over to my place and told me that LD should only work "menial" jobs and not cooking or dishes and that the Brahmin lady herself would cook for me. I appreciate her kind gesture; however, I have committed to LD who belongs to a poor family, has 3 kids to feed, one of whom will study in the school I am going to build.
One reason why we need to marry is to get help with household work, even if a man or a woman can provide enough for home help, the lady or the man of the house must supervise everything depending on who has chosen to be the bread winner. You cannot do much if you haven't eaten or eaten properly.
I am also refining my homa skills through Srini guruji's classes online.
I feel emotionally labile nowadays. Yesterday, while walking back from the highway road above, about 4 to 5 km from the village, I started crying as I felt overwhelmed with the events of the last few days. Life has changed a lot in the last 10 days.
Health is a beautiful gift from God. Life cannot be too good if there is lack of health and vitality. But life is a constant struggle too and must be endured with self-respect, health or not.
I don't have a Microsoft Office subscription. It expired a few months ago and I am yet to receive the PF money to buy a new subscription. Until then I cannot develop the Gantt progress chart, I mentioned in an earlier post.
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