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Preeti and Kritika are doing summer internships in Delhi and taking a mini-break to go to the hills with two friends of theirs. I meet them in a hostel because I want to smoke their hash. They complain about the pollution in Delhi and Kritika says it makes here skin go terrible. We light up in the common room and have maggi for munches. "Don’t fall asleep!" The only people left in the room are men and she’s scared. The next day we all go for a hike and forget the time and have to rush back in a taxi blasting psytrance. The cool kids in Bangalore say "peaceful."
In Delhi we go out drinking rum and dancing. "It doesn’t matter if you know how to dance, just dance. Work sucks. I heard dessert is amazing in Europe." They really like hot chocolate.
In Bangalore I have lunch at Kritika’s family, meet Preeti’s parent, and then we all go to some cousin’s housewarming party. I have to lie because their parents can’t know they went to the hills. Everyone is very worried I won’t like the spice or be able to eat with my hands or not choke on the grates in the fish. "Just white people things." Between their families, they own a coffee estate, a bar, a restaurant, a resort, and various real estate. "You just rent a room in a hotel if you want to sleep with someone." Kritika’s sister got grounded for half a year when her parents found out she had a boyfriend. "But he wasn’t a good guy."