Dear Opium Friends
Now that we're a few weeks into the lockdown, the novelty of a slower pace and being at home may be starting to wane, but hopefully we're all managing to adapt to our brave new world. It was Earth Day this week and it's timely that we've experienced how much our environment improves after just a few weeks with less cars and planes. In northern India, the Times reported this week that, as the smog cleared, the Himalayas have been seen for the first time in a generation from the Punjab. I saw (and fell in love with) the beautiful painting that heads up this newsletter in the City Palace, Udaipur. It so perfectly captures the wonder of the Indian monsoon, a weather pattern unique to the sub-continent.
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