Landing in
New Delhi on 1st January 2013 we (Jeff, Josh, Annouska and myself) arrived
late in the evening on the coldest day in 44 years. The air was thick with wood smoke that
challenged the atmosphere generated by any Australian bushfire. “Is the city on fire?” I croaked.
After a short
car ride, passing countless groups of ragged people crowded around small
roadside fires, we were arrived at our Indian home in Jor Bagh, South Delhi; a
stoney cold apartment on the first floor of a colonial style building with
timber shutters, brass handled doors and white marble floors.
Aided by the
warmth supplied by a bank of oil filled heaters we snuggled down and went to
sleep. This was the first night we had
spent as a family together under the same roof in many years and the start of a
new adventure for Jeff and I. It was
great to be experiencing it all together.
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