I'm writing this wearing my new Kashmiri suit. I spent the day looking for a dupatta (head scarf) to match but alas found none. I'm wearing an old one but it's just not the perfect match. Tomorrow I shall buy a white cotton one and get it died for only Rs20. I wandered into the post office where I of course had to step aside and get searched... all instructions were in Kashimiri... needless to say, I fit right in... until I open my mouth! Twice around and I still can't speak a word of the language! Well, maybe a few words... when it has to do with eating rice or drinking chai! The only other thing that gives me away is my 2 year old chupples (flip-flips!)... typical travelling garb. All the local ladies were heels and plastic at that! It is becoming mandatory for all the young ladies to wear the abaya and burkas. I tried one on... makes me look mysterious but boy-oh-boy... I don't know how they wear them. I don't like having so much fabric around my eyes like that. Although, it would cut down on having to decide what to wear day by day!

"Safe for vegetarians" -written on my tube of Pepsodent toothpaste... makes me wonder what's in our toothpaste back home... I've never seen anything like that written on our toothpaste tubes!