4 weeks in Delhi!

Yes- by this weekend i will have been in India for four weeks already...

any reflections from my side? well... research in a developing country/in delhi has been a spectrum of all possible emotions: frustration, excitement from challenges, annoyance, anger, sympathy, inspiration and many more! Although commuting there is a tiring experience, relying on the translator- also another barrier, the heat and killing sun- another one; yesterday i realised that i love it! after interviewing another group of those women who are collecting water and what kind of even basic problems they are struggling with, asking me to come again here next time and solve the other problems of their lives....- i felt another mission! :) but nooo... i wont be going to india again soon.. although i would love to work those problems out and push the municipalities to move their bureaucrat asses! :)

Anyways, although im getting headache every evening in here, im loving this experience... the food... the heat- everything is so ambiguous anyways!

I am done with so called Phase I- interviewing all the blocks and mapping the water supply points. Next Phase is social mapping where community club members helped me map all the available borewells households have. Last one- interview all other actors involved in the issue of water supply- NGOs and the Delhi Water Board- that one will be exciting and interesting to hear! :)

Have a look at some pictures and enjoy! :)

Gdyby istniało jedno podstawowe prawo, odnoszące się do energii miłości, to brzmiałoby ono następująco: inni widzą i traktują cię dokładnie tak, jak widzisz i traktujesz siebie ty sam.
Nie mówiąc ani słowa, sam nieświadomie pokazujesz innym, jak traktujesz siebie.Ponieważ ty jesteś swoim pierwszym opiekunem, inni spoglądają na ciebie,poszukując wskazówek, dotyczących tego, ile miłości wymagasz. Dajesz im te wskazówki. To, jak ludzie mówią do ciebie, jak cię traktują, co myślą i czego oczekują od ciebie, odbywa się pod twoje dyktando. Czy zdajesz sobie z tego sprawę czy nie, sam tworzysz wzorzec, według którego inni nawiązują z tobą kontakt” - Cherie Carter Scott



Magdo,jeśli uważasz, że nie musisz spać ani jeść, że Twoje życie to nieustanny pośpiech to nie przybliżasz się a oddalasz od prawdziwego spokoju. Wciąż biegniesz? A co jeśli to przed czym uciekasz siedzi w Tobie?

Wprowadź w swoje życie właściwy rytm.

Nastaw strzałkę kompasu na kierunek wewnętrznych potrzeb.

Przyjrzyj się sobie z akceptacją, zauważ co w Tobie jest wspaniałe i niepowtarzalne.

Wyznacz światu granice.

Zatrzymaj się na chwilę, zastanów się czego i kogo potrzebujesz, czego i kogo szukasz.

Zaopiekuj się sobą tak aby ktoś wiedział jak zaopiekować się Tobą.


Source: http://kobieta.onet.pl/1,434674516,joannagodecka.blog.onet.pl,7824927,blogi.html

Chocolate is good for you! :)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/29/chocolate-is-good-for-you-study

Water- the ultimate problem in India...

Food! :)

Look at me. I have super cool glasses! I will get all the chicks from the hood now!




Local nature...


Collection of water... This time- no fights.. yet


Community toilet - didnt dare to check it out

Fieldwork- ctd.

So far, it is been goin relatively alright. Im trying to map the water distribution points in this resettlement colony. Im interviewing residents from different blocks (the settlement is divided into 13 of them, having in total approx. 9,000 people). It is striking to get to know about the difficulties and water, taken so much for granted by us- Europeans, is nothing certain over there. In some blocks, you never know when the water tanker is gonna arrive next time, so you live in uncertainty and keep on saving water everywhere... Or women fighting, getting injured and throwing stones at each other while collecting water...

Apart from tiring commuting (more than 2hrs and 4 times of changing vehicle), it is actually much nicer there- not so much noise, barely no traffic, smaller crowd people staring at you in a nicer curious way. In Delhi, the looks are much dirtier...

So yeah, it is an amazingly interesting experience, yet challenging and tiring. When Im in Delhi and on the way to this colony, im wearing earplugs constantly. This patent finally rescued me from constant migraine and headache at the end of each day. But yeah.. it is part of research charm in developing country :)



Hand pump- nice invention- you dont rely on electricity (which is quite treacherous in here, on and off all the time) as you do while having borewells. Yet, you need to have some power in your hands!


Water tanks and buckets all over, hoping to be filled up!


Water tanker with drinking water.


Local buses- amazing that they still run quite fast! Shall I get additional travel insurance? :)


Masterpiece in space efficiency... Part of research charm... Everyday im squeezed there :)

You gotta love! Great collaboration of great artists- Superheavy!