September-October updates

Sorry for the late update....
Going to Denmark next week on a business trip, I thought it would be the right time for a Blog update...
Starting with the last August update

India Independence Day - 15th August 2013

Independence Day is a national holiday on 15 August. It celebrates the day in 1947 when India became independent from British rule.

European traders had been settling in India since the 17^th Century. In the 18^th Century the East India Company, a British company trading items like silk, cotton, tea and salt, won many areas of India and soon claimed it as its own.

After World War II, it became apparent that Britain could no longer hold its power in India. Originally, the handover to independence was to be in June 1948, but violent activities between religions caused up to 1-million deaths. Lord Mountbatten, the British Governor General of India, was forced to bring the date forward to 1947.

British India became two dominions: on 14 August 1947, Pakistan became a country, and 15 August 1947, India became a country and held its first Independence Day celebration in 1948.

Nice sunset - seen from our apartment.
The two yellow signs below is our local supermarket LeMarch

 

Anne riding - it's hard to find good riding school facilities in India. 

Above you can see one of many lizzards in India - they are everywhere....

Milk testing - unfortunately no Arla products. The winner was Danone, which is now our preffered milk in India. 

We will of course shift to Arla whenever possible :-)

Long term parking in Delhi and to the right a typical traffic situation - screaming, pushing, honking and light-flashing

Bring out the Cobra.... (Our Driver Bharat in the background)