Catetaker of the stupa/PPF sanitation block is on site every day during the build of the caretaker cottage. And his wife, passing around bananas freshly picked.
They can’t believe they will finally live in a house and no longer in the unlined tin sheet “dwelling” that has been “home” for the past 5 years, enduring the cold winters, fierce trans seasonal winds and dust storms, heavy driving monsoon rains.
One day I will know their names, not just “sir” and “didi”.