Gerald

We land at Bengaluru Airport late at night. The taxi takes us to an apartment arranged by Shirley's new employer. It's in central Bangalore, up a long alley and is surrounded by other houses and apartment buildings belonging to Bangalore's middle class. Half the buildings are still under construction although it looks like things have suffered a bit of a downturn recently, like most places in the world.

We step inside to find that there is already a guest staying there - a very large fish in a somewhat undersized fish tank. He looks slightly creepy and we are not sure whether we are supposed to feed him or eat him. We name him Gerald.