Indian Summer

I've just finished the second week of my internship in Delhi, India and wow, its hot here.  There haven't been many days where it has been less than 100 degrees.  This is my third time to Delhi so I'm at least used to it.  Its my first time to work here though and there have been a couple of small surprises so far.  The first thing that one has to get used to is that there are so many people to do things for you.  While I was used to this when staying in family homes in India, it was not as easy to get used to this in the workplace.  On my first day, cups of chai started to show up at my desk every hour or so and I quickly learned that making my own refreshments was a thing of the past.  What was more surprising however, is that even jobs like photocopying are done by the office help and that if you mistakenly do your own photocopying, they will repeat the task just to make sure its perfect.  This was somewhat of a shock after so many years of independence in the workplace and probably a common challenge faced by foreigners working in India.  I wonder if Indian students after a couple of years at Ross come back home and find it difficult to adjust to these additional 'perks'?
The second surprise is the food, and specifically that it also shows up at your desk randomly...thalis, aloo tikki, samosas all hand delivered in the first week.  Unfortunately this weather is not conducive to working out a lot except early in the morning.  I really need to become a morning person.

This week is my first chance to get on the road and have a couple of days in Bangalore.  Looking forward to experiencing the south...home of IT, Business Process Outsourcing, pharmaceutical manufacturing and, thankfully, cooler temperatures.