India business trip : Aug-17

 In August, I visited India again for business.  This time to the north side of the country, the Panja province and a town called Nahba.    I stayed in the GSK guesthouse this time and although expecting a less comfortable standard than the hotel, I must say it exceeded my expectation.  This guest house was donated by the King of Nabha in the past to GSK and was very well maintained by GSK in providing a peaceful and pleasant environment to the visiting guests.  There was even a few person serving the guests, cooking meals and housekeeping the rooms!

The IT host also took good care of me by bringing me to visit the biggest Sheikh temple in the nearby town, the temple was very impressive, even more was their strong community spirit in maintaining fairness among women and men.  This was something which I felt very lacking in India and it was no surprise that people especially women were inclined to join this religion.

The highlight of the trip was my good fortune to be able to come back on time before a riot occurred the next day in that area, due to a prosecution of a religion leader called Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.  It was a good example on how people could be misled by a wrong religious leader causing social disharmony.  The place which I visited was subsequently on curfew for  the next 3 days, and I was glad i was not trapped there.