Commuters in India plays a big role for economy growth, most of people spend more than 2 hours a day to commute to city Bombay.  This time schedule influence their diet and family life, India,  a strong family-centric culture, they have a lot of challenge and ways to get figure out their culture life.

Floating market is one of biggest market at Nyanshwe, early morning these boat would drive a lot of life stock, vege, to floating market. For most of people boat ride is a very expensive cost, but for people who is living on the lake this is also one of the few resource they could have to get food. 

The market is also in the transition between farmers' market and tourist market (60/40). For many people who live there they definitely know faster way to earn money, would the foreign tourist impact influence the eco system of local's food chain? 

Jaipur has a very well-known elephant town feed over 100 elephants for tourist used. Elephant being a very important ritual animal shows social status, people ride/rent them while they have wedding and they are consider as mother of the god.  

The ritual sprits and tradition changes so much slower than technology. We both have cars, moto bikes, and still elephants in Jaipur. When it happened how can we treat it (phenomenon) better to make a balance? If we always consider HCD (Human-centered Design), when will the society pushing to care ACD (animal-centered design) ?

Tool can be designed to use in one way, but people can discover in better/ more convenient way by themselves. Should designer design a structure also leave possibilities to users? 

If a space can forced one gender only, then what is prohibited? Is it prohibited another gender, or the dangerous of other gender. Is this presented stereotype of: men are aggressive, women are vulnerable? if yes, what would influence people's self-dentification? What kind of problem they are trying to solve, harassment? Will this help to decrease the problem they have right now?

(This also reminds me lots of temples I visited in Myanmar shows Man Only sign. )

Once the team entered Matheran, there was a interesting pattern, The Connectors are local vendors, who has the same bags made by canvas. It's colorful in different way than common Indian outfit, it is less expressing, cheap, and strong. 

Tuktuk driver work as a free shuttle between two hotels. He used to work for Machlemore once and received a new tuktuk from him. His son ride us another night, sang the whole song - Thrift store on our way back, you can tell how american culture being exploded to this family/culture and small town. 

Monk can get free ride when they need to collect food. They just hang on the back and step on the stairs.