It's hard to describe India to anyone who hasn't been there. There's no reprieve from it, even inside when we're "at home". The particular apartment that we rented was in a "nice" area of Delhi, but the furnishings had crusty stains all over them and the silverware was "sticky". There were pubic hairs all over our sheets. So we cleaned the sheets, wiped off the crusty stains, and washed the silverware. But ...