After those first days I start getting settled in my hood, i.e. the area around the NCBS and the Mandar aHostel, my actual residence. I moved into a small room with a bed, chair, table, wardrobe, toilette and shower...a typical PhD candidate's room. The building has a common big kitchen, a nice terrasse and a big common room with TV and table tennis. It makes me remembering my first years in Paris, when I was in the Maison de l'Italie ;-)
But the neighborhood differs drastically from that in Paris, what a surprise. There are a handful of streets with many small shops, and I managed to buy the necessary things. I was positively surprised that I did not have to bargain, prices where already written on the goods, and they did seem reasonable. Maybe this is due to the fact that the area is not touristic at all.
At the NCBS, paperwork is getting further, even though I still have to wait for my "club card" (NCBS Id). It is planned to go to the foreign residents register office (FRRO) on monday. Today afternoon was a concert in the institute, and I got the great chance to enjoy the music of MWA, machas with attitude, a local Hip Hop group. This was the last thing that I expected as my first experience with Indian music! http://youtu.be/q8hKVb1nvkE
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