# India Collaboration Trip
During December 2015 and January 2016 we are staying in India,
visiting Linux friends.  
Our friend Maja will attend 2nd half of the trip.

Interests:
We are both involved in Free Software,
with a special interest in [design][] and [custom][] systems.

Collaboration:
Do your work place use Debian-based servers,
or have you privately tuned your laptop/desktop,
and can imagine such customizations being relevant for others too?
We would love to learn about it,
as our interest is in exploring ways to generalize compositions of Debian.

Travel:
We like the pace of train rides,
and like it for environmental reasons too.

Hosting:
We can afford staying at hotels,
but much prefer visiting our friends privately.
We bring sleeping bags
and would like to contribute to the household during our stay.

Plans currently look like this:

* **Dec 2 06:35 (fixed)**
  [Arrival][] at terminal 3 of the [airport][] in [New Delhi][airport OSM].
* *Dec 2 (suggested)*
  Train+bus ride from [New Delhi][New Delhi OSM] to [Manesar][Manesar OSM].
* Collaborate with [Hamara Linux][] developers
  in [Manesar][] near Delhi.
* *Dec 10 (suggested)*
  Train ride from [Manesar][Manesar OSM] to [Pune][Pune OSM].
* Visit Amey and other friends
  in [Pune][].
* *Dec 14 (suggested)*
  Train ride from [Pune][Pune OSM] to [Bengaluru][Bengaluru OSM].
* Visit [Vasudev][] and other friends
  in [Bengaluru][].
* *Dec 23 (suggested)*
  Train ride from [Bengaluru][Bengaluru OSM] to [Hyderabad][Hyderabad OSM].
* Visit [Medhamsh][] and other friends
  in [Hyderabad][].
* Collaborate with [Swecha OS][] developers
  at [Swecha][Swecha OSM].
* **Jan 7 (fixed)**
  Maja's arrival to [Hyderabad][Hyderabad OSM].
* *Jan 10 (suggested)*
  Train+bus ride from [Hyderabad][Hyderabad OSM] to [Nepal][Kathmandu OSM].
* Visit [Chandan][] and other friends
  in [Kathmandu][], [Nepal][Kathmandu OSM].
* *Jan 25 (suggested)*
  Train+bus ride from [Nepal][Kathmandu OSM] via [New Delhi][New Delhi OSM] to [Manesar][Manesar OSM].
* Continue collaboration with Hamara Linux developers
  in Manesar near Delhi.
* **Feb 4 06:45 (fixed)**
  Maja's departure from [New Delhi][airport OSM].
* *Feb 8 (suggested)*
  Train+bus ride from [Manesar][Manesar OSM] to [New Delhi][New Delhi OSM].
* **Feb 9 08:40 (fixed)**
  [Departure][] from terminal 3 of the [airport][] in [New Delhi][airport OSM].

We do not seek jobs in India
- but are not on holiday either:
Our work with customers in Denmark continue as usual,
via internet.

[design]: <https://wiki.debian.org/Design/>
  "Debian Design - improving Debian for designers"

[custom]: <https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends#Terminology>
  "Debian Pure Blends - subset of Debian configured for a target group"

[Arrival]: <http://data.jones.dk/2015/india/#arrival-delhi>
  "Facts on arrival to Delhi in Linked Open Data file"

[airport]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_International_Airport>
  "New Delhi Airport on Wikipedia"

[airport OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/181594936>
  "New Delhi Airport on OpenStreetmap"

[New Delhi OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2763541>
  "New Delhi on OpenStreetMap"

[Manesar OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3631133>
  "Manesar on OpenStreetMap"

[Hamara Linux]: <https://www.hamaralinux.org/>

[Manesar]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/3632902>
  "Manesar on Wikipedia"

[Pune]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune>
  "Pune on Wikipedia"

[Pune OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/16174445>
  "Pune on OpenStreetMap"

[Medhamsh]: <https://twitter.com/iammedhu>
  "Medhamsh Vuthpala"

[Swecha OS]: <http://swecha.org/content/swecha-project>
  "Swecha OS - GNU/Linux system localized for Telugu"

[Swecha OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/143200640>
  "Swecha on OpenStreetMap"

[Hyderabad]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad>
  "Hyderabad on Wikipedia"

[Hyderabad OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/245640543>
  "Hyderabad on OpenStreetMap"

[Vasudev]: <https://copyninja.info/>
  "Vasudev Kamath, Debian developer"

[Bengaluru]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore>
  "Bengaluru (a.k.a. Bangalore) on Wikipedia"

[Bengaluru OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3401391999>
  "Bengaluru (a.k.a. Bangalore) on OpenStreetMap"

[Chandan]: <https://twitter.com/chandangoopta>
  "Chandan Gupta (a.k.a. Chandan Goopta)"

[Kathmandu]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathmandu>
  "Kathmandu on Wikipedia"

[Kathmandu OSM]: <https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4583125>
  "Kathmandu on OpenStreetMap"

[Departure]: <http://data.jones.dk/2015/india/#departure-delhi>
  "Facts on departure from Delhi in Linked Open Data file"