April 15th in New Delhi

It is hot hot hot, 95 degrees in the shade, normal for this time of year. We managed to get a bit of culture -- two stageplays in two nights: a dress rehearsal of an outdoor extravanganza play starring Woodstock graduate Tom Alter -- a dramatization of the book City of Djinns, about New Delhi. This was a fascinating outdoor walk through history -- though we had to battle the mosquito fumigation vapors in the early evening! Then a play called Choices, about a Delhi woman doctor returning from overseas for her grandmothers funeral, and facing choices about her life -- lots of monologues and local references.
Soon we go to check in to the hospital. Note the sign, legally required in India at all medical-testing offices.