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Ahh! I'm coming to Bangalore after a month... I feel like a country mouse visiting the big city. And staying with the Lamberts is like my own sedentary version of Disneyland. Here they are:


Peggy Lambert, most desirable company. Enthralling, funny, and a second mother to me while I'm here.

Gary Lambert, so intelligent and cheerful, and very easy to talk to. The woman Gopi, our first grade teacher. I stayed with her at her home in Hosur last weekend.

Shilpa! As you may know, I'm doing a documentary about Shanti Bhavan for my master's thesis. Along with my own filming, I'm giving the video camera to four children to see the world in their eyes. This is Shilpa, who has become my dear friend.

I listen to this song from the musical "Rent" about 5 times a day. The children love it, and they love the message of the song. The other day, I spied Rajini closing his eyes as he listened to it, so deeply entranced in the music it looked like he left this world.