I haven't had much time to write, as we've been pretty busy, or at least occupied. There is a certain amount of waiting around time that is inevitable when trying to organize a jeep full of 8 people, especially when many of those people are doctors with patients. Five minutes become forty-five, and you don't have time to start anyththing, or so you think.

The scope of the issues the people at JSS are dealing with are incredible, as there is widespread poverty, malnutrition, and lack of education. Even at the clinic, I am insulated from most of it. The patients are lined up and waiting quietly, and you can't see hunger or pain, but the doctors discuss their cases with each other on the rides to and from the clinic, so we hear glimpses of what is going on. Meanwhile, we amble around, take meals and tea, discuss agriculture and politics and poke at the computer like we're counselors at an activist summer camp.

Tomorrow we're travelling to Orissa if we can find train tickets. The plan would be to stay about a week at a research center there where they have had success with getting SRI adpoted. Still no monsoon, though there has been some rains.