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Leaving Hyderabad

March 4, 2015

I went to visit Sayed Mangi, who has been graciously looking out for me in every way possible while I have been here. I look forward to returning to work on the music portion of the film, once the puppetry has been completed.Shehzad sahib dropped my at the phattak and put me on a bus to Hyderabad. I reached Abdul Majeed Soomro, who is always busy with his publishing work, dealing with many challenges, and yet he manages to smile and laugh through it all. We had some delicious biryani, and he helped me run a few errands. I dropped off Girnari Jogi Group CDs for each group member at Radio Pakistan, Hyderabad, where Ustad Amb Jogi works. In addition, I picked registered a USB internet device I picked up the day before in Jamshoro. I had to jump through several hoops to register it, and could not have done it without Soomro sahib despite trying to be self sufficient.That evening Soomro sahib helped me get my things together and head out via train for Lahore. The train was fine. My fellow passengers were very friendly. One was a quiet student on his way to transfer to a different college. Another was a WAPDA (power company) employee from Multan on his way home, while the last was a man from a smaller village just past Peshawar, who owned land and a trucking business, also on his way home. We ended up purchasing food on the train. I had picked up a large bottle of water in Hyderabad, but the food options were all covered in flies and filth, so I avoided that. The food on the train was actually quite good. We ended up sharing three meals among us, and even that was more than enough. The train was slow, and as I don’t feel completely well, and am a bit down regarding my lack of progress thus far, it was a difficult.I managed to sleep well enough, and I certainly appreciated the interesting company.

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