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The lizards here are considered bad luck but I've liked the ones hanging around my room if for no other reason than they eat the mosquitoes.
We actually heard about Botha's death here in India; it was on the TV news along with the whole China-Africa summit.
It's impressive reading your blog entries; I think you;re getting a bigger dose in SA than I am in India but I can definitely relate to the gender roles issue. Of course the biggest effect I ever see is funny looks when I show up at a cooking class, but some of the things girls on the program have found have been pretty impressive. Reading ancient Hindu texts (which while very interesting can be extremely misogynistic) while learning about some of the inequalities here has been an eye-opening experience in more ways than one.
Hey, I hear you! One of the girls I hang out with the most faces a lot of those issues in her own home; she's Indian and her grandmother gets very bent out of shape when she does "modern" things like cut her hair, or remain unmarried at age 22. Sheesh. At the same time she's Hindu and tells me all about how her religion values women as the stronger sex. Interesting in light of the cultural values that accompany that sentiment. I see it first hand in her family and many others. Finding much of the same in India? Hope you're having a blast!!
Lauren
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