a change in New Delhi
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Traore and Biba are visiting us for the moment, after nearly 12 years of not having seen each other. Our friendship dates from the early days of our marriage back in Arua, somewhere in Northern Uganda. We will have to talk about that episode in our lives one day. Traore is now the UNHCR representative in Togo.
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They have a relaxing schedule here with us and Maxi and Sarah are planning to travel with them to Rajasthan next week. Later they will go to Varanasi or the old Benares, taking a dip in the Ganges. For now we are chatting every day, bringing back old memories. I had some worries that the Common Wealth games would disturb their visit but on the contrary, hardly any tourists in town, the traffic is smooth because there are thousands of policemen on the streets and everybody respects the traffic rules. All the old scruffy busses have been taken of the streets, to leave only the few new ones; all beggars were taken away miles from here, where it will take them 4 weeks to come back, stray dogs disappeared overnight.
If Delhi could look like this every day… we would stay here for a long time.
