Ladies?

if there is one characteristic quality of our time so far in India, it is the sever lack of women; well, even woman, in our day to day life. yes, we have been focused on our work, but even back home when under the same impetus, it still leaves time for socializing with those of the opposite sex. Here, though, the culture is so different that it is unlikely to find girls in the common places; the bars, the coffee shops, or even the side of the road.
Dancing here has been banned in Bangalore by official decree, not to mention the closing time of 1130 PM of all bars and clubs, making our social endeavors all the more complicated.


its amazing how sensitive I have been to the absence of women in my daily interaction - perhaps it is indicative of the presence of girls in my life back home - and how much they play apart. gone is the playful flirting or texting which fill so much of my social time, replaced with bars, cofee shops, and street corners in guy to girl ratios easily over 100 to 1.

its amazing how both jeff and I now turn when we notice a girl in jeans; we pause, turn and stare - something which calls no attention back home in the states.

more rarely, we'll catch a glimpse of a girls' shoulders who is scantily wearing a sleaveless tee shirt, and it stops both of us in our tracks... we stare not only in amazement, but partially in disgust, as if we have been offended that a girl would dare wear such clothes... strange how we have adapted so quickly.

it seems, unfortunatley, that this trend of lack of female interaction will continue without abating and there is nothing we can do. we just have to wait, i guess, until we get home