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People at work crowded into the break room to watch India play Australia in the Cricket World Cup semi-finals. Unfortunately, India lost :-(
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In Delhi, we rode in a three-wheeler/auto! It was...cozy.
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Avinash and I in front of the Red Fort. It's huge!
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Right inside the front gate of the Red Fort are all these shops, which I thought was a bit tacky. Turns out this was a market back when the fort was active, so I approve!
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Me in front of one of the thrones the emperor would sit on.
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Avinash and Subbaiah in front of a structure at the Red Fort that used to have water around it (and wooden bridges to walk to the center)
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Our hotel had this nice open atrium that our rooms opened up onto.
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The engagement ceremony was at the Green Lounge, which was pretty nice.
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There was a bunch of (comfortable!) seating in front of a very Indian-looking stage.
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Here the families of the bride and groom are...um, doing something.
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A wider view - there was a lot of food and such on the right side, which doesn't include the army of servers going around with appetizers...
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India's Parliament building, which is circular (and very large!) We couldn't get too close, but all of the grounds there are very nice.
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Me in front of one of the finance buildings (I think)
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The building where the Prime Minister lives - again, we couldn't get very close but it was quite impressive.
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Me in front of India Gate, which is a monument to fallen Indian soldiers going back to World War I.
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A closer view of India Gate. There are over 13,000 names of fallen soldiers inscribed on the gate.
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We stopped by Haldiram's, which is a famous sweet shop. It was hard to choose what to get! (also, I love those uniforms!)
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Inside a Metro station in Delhi. It was fairly crowded.
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For single-use rides, you can buy a token that has RFID or NFC or something, and you just tap it to the turnstile to gain entry. It's a neat system!
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The Metro station had these women-only cars, which I thought was interesting. Women didn't have to ride in them, but it looked like around 60% of the ones on our train did.
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Wedding time! There was a DJ who played (loud :-/) music and a dance floor on the right.
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There was an insane amount of food at the wedding. Here's just one section of food stations that were outside - there were probably 30+ stations total!
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Rohit arrived in a horse-drawn carriage, preceded by a small marching band. (the guy in the red uniform on the left was part of the band) It was pretty cool!
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Rohit and Kanika posing for pictures up on the stage.
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I caught Rohit and Kanika as they were going to get some dinner. I love their outfits so much!
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The ceremony itself was outside - here Rohit and Kanika are sitting down.
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There was room up on the...pavilion? for a lot of people to sit and get a good view, which was nice. By this point in the evening (after 2 AM!) a lot of people had left already.
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After the ceremony, the fire was left burning.
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After lunch on Wednesday we did a bit of shopping. So many colorful Indian dresses and stuff!
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As seen on the drive in to work.
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For my last dinner, I went out with Kanika and Rohit to a nearby Italian place. It was great, and I had this "Nutella focaccia" for dessert! (it was very rich, unsurprisingly...)
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As I was getting off the plane at Heathrow, I saw the girl in front of me had this adorable little penguin suitcase! Then I had to be surreptitious about photographing it...
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Whoa, there are Ben and Jerry's vending machines! How come London gets these before Austin?
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In London, men have square shoulders, while women have round shoulders I guess?
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