The Solitary Swimmer

Once again I was alone when I swam at the hotel in New Delhi. It is dry cool winter here, and the pool, enormous, was not heated. Strange to be a swimmer in a city of millions who can't.
Meanwhile, India, with its long history of religious diversity - home to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and Moslems, is no stranger to the burdens of being the minority or the dangers of being the majority.
One thing seems clear, and that is that change is ceaseless, and sometimes beauty remains. The tombs built for Humayun and his grand daughter in law, the Taj, still stand, alone and loved.