Fatima and I went with our friend Juhi to get her ear pierced on our lunch break today. After negotiating with the autodrivers to take us over the the hectic shopping area T. Nagar, we hunted out the GRT jewelers. Eventually we found the silver emporium shop down the street and around the corner, bought the stud for the piercing gun, and made our way down to the basement where the piercing was actually done. Most of the other men and women that were waiting seemed to be having jewelry melted down, I suppose to be made into other pieces. Having never had a piercing done with a gun, Juhi was really nervous. But we talked it over and the whole thing was over quickly. Perhaps I’ll pick up another piercing on one of my lunch breaks...

Getting ready for the gun







A view from the auto on the way back to office



Juhi, Fatima and me