Walking

One of my favorite things to do was to just people watch out the bus window. It's hard to imagine what the life is really like. It's easy to gaze from the bus....

Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Day two brought us up close and personal with Mr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia (Deputy Chairman). This was especially interesting because it gave us some insight into how the government thinks about India, it's people and future. This would help give some insight into the politics of India and how they might play out for business in India. It's also kind of comical to me that our meeting with Mr. Ahluwalia was with a much higher governmental position than I have ever met in the US. The major dichotomy here was how does the government do what is right in spite of the political pressures to do the opposite.
This was the first time it struck me that the servers (tea & cookies) were very obtrusive to the meeting. They even interrupted the Chairman when he was speaking to ask if he wanted a tea. It didn't appear they were doing so on purpose, it seemed to be culturally acceptable.

Qutab Minar

On day one, Dave, Stan and myself ventured out into Dehli to get a jump-start on the trip. Our first visit was the Qutab Minar. It cost us 250 rupees to enter as foreigners....for Indians....5 rupees. Was taken back by the difference in price at first, but realized it made these historical places accessible to almost all Indians. It was a great place to relax and wind down after the long flight. The picture above is a shot down a hall by the "iron rod." oddly enough we got our picture taken with several students that asked for our picture. We thought it a bit weird at first but the people where extremely nice and there seemed to be no other motive other than sincere interest in getting photographed with foreign visitors.