Water. Paani. Vellam. ( I'd like to go on in other languages, but i think we get the point).The right quantity of this liquid, at the right temperature when drunk when one is most thirsty, produces a sense of enlightenment. I have been experiencing this nirvana every single day in the last week.


Market visits can be fun...in winter. In summer, it gets bad. It becomes inhuman, when you are sent to a remote village in interior haryana and asked to walk, walk and walk with the salesman selling blades, brushes and gels to very "friendly" retailers.


The temperatures out there are bad enough. The hot and dusty winds ( or squalls as they are called) make you wish you were born near the artic circle. One can only guess why water therefore, becomes a source of Nirvana almost every hour.


Below is a snapshot of the market visit I made to Samalkha in Haryana. Along with me is one of the best salesman in the business, Joginder Singh.