I owe two apologies today. The first is to you all for the fact that I haven’t posted a new entry in a few weeks. It’s been a busy few weeks and my study finally started last Tuesday, so I didn’t have time to focus on anything else. But I can promise at least a few new posts this coming week.
The second apology is to the brilliant engineer/architect that designed our office. I may have mentioned the water spouts that are aligned perfectly to funnel water directly in front of the main door to the building. Apparently that was in fact on purpose. The office was originally built as a house- a rather odd house I have to say- but it was originally a residence for a large Muslim Indian family. And in talking with a co-worker I discovered that the owner has an identical house on Zanzibar, with identical water spouts. We joked about the positioning of the water drains and he explained to me that despite the impractically of the water drains, they are considered auspicious. He wasn’t completely certain as to the reason since it’s not a custom in his region of India, but he thinks that it is meant to signify cleansing. Therefore I humbly apologize to the architect/engineer.
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