Back in Delhi again, with Rob. Good daytime flight yesterday, arrived 2300 local time. As we left the airport, there was a huge downpour - first time I've seen rain in India (which is much the same as European rain of course). Somehow, we're staying at the Taj Palace - I think the Leela Kempinski is much closer, and probably as nice. Good food so at the Taj so far - lamb dumplings and chickpeas for brekkie (of course, I slipped down to the 24hr cafe after unpacking last night for a quick murg biryani, just to see me through the night).

Vinod drove us in this morning. An alarm clock malfunction meant we hit the worst part of the rush hour - and some roads are closed due to the metro extension construction; all in all not a good trip in

However, once we're in the office, things got rapidly better. It's good to meet the team out here again - Mitts, Ankit, Abhishek, Parvesh, Ramneek, Vyant and Amit. There's some new faces too.

Had a good talk with Mitts whilst my PC was being de-bluescreened. We covered some of the issues around the plan and how we'll deliver it, and also some of the resource specific contents of the next version.

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Canteen lunch - chickpeas, rice, curried veg. From the (boiling, utterly boiling) terrace you can see the incredible pace of change around here. I took some photos from here last year - they'll make interesting comparision.

Some dial-in meetings back in London (we finally figured out how to use the phones - awesome), and then some email catchup, and meeting planning for later today/tomorrow.

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Eventually went through some recruitment process with Mitts. We looked through some CVs, and reviewed the local tech test; meanwhile London was suffering a major power problem, leading to the DR evac of our office. Honestly, we've only been out of the office for half a day...

Back to the Taj for dinner. In-hotel restaurant (Masala Art) - lamb patties, marinated chicken, then Lucknowi Bhuna and Kerali lamb dishes, with the phulka bread cooked at a mobile er, bread-cooking station. Excellent nosh.