At Sangam, as with most compounds in India, we have a watchman. A watchman is a guy that sits at the gate all day making sure people that shouldn’t come in don’t and making sure people that should come in, sign in and out.
Recently we have a new watchman, he works for a security company so we never know who we will get, day to day, but this guy has been with us for a while now. He is great!
He smiles all the time, he learned our names so he can sign us in and out as we come and go, we suspect he even thought the other watchman to do the same! He gives us a cheery wave to let us know he has everything under control, keeping us safe and happy.
He also makes sure our forgetful foreign guests sign in and out too!
He must live close by, as is daughter goes to school in the area and his wife keeps him company from six to eight each evening. His daughter sometimes brings him his lunch and they eat together under a tree by the gate or giggling in his hut when it rains. Him and his family always seem happy and they laugh a lot together.
If I go out in the evening before eight, he works eight to eight, he will sign me back in before he goes home for the evening to save me the bother when I actually do come home. This is very sweet, but somewhat defeats the purpose of signing in and out!
This can be especially tricky when the night watchman locks up the gates because he doesn’t know I am out.
Climbing over the Sangam gate is not as easy as it looks or very dignified.
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Still good exercise.
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