Monthly Archives: February 2024
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
FEBRUARY 18TH, SUNDAY
THE WEDDING The actual wedding ceremony was held at an enormous party plot on the edge of Ahmedabad. We arrived at the wedding space at about 5 for with ceremonies leading up to the wedding taking place until 6, then
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
MAHENDI (HENNA HAND PAINTING) The wedding event on Saturday was held on the grounds of the Hanuman temple that Jitubhai, father of the groom, had built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad across the street form a public hospital which also
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
MAHENDI (HENNA HAND PAINTING) The wedding event on Saturday was held on the grounds of the Hanuman temple that Jitubhai, father of the groom, had built on the outskirts of Ahmedabad across the street form a public hospital which also
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
HANUMAN TEMPLE The late Saturday afternoon wedding event for 900 guests was held at the Hanuman temple built by Jitubhai the father of the bride on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Hanuman is the monkey king who supported Rama (an incarnation
FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY
HANUMAN TEMPLE The late Saturday afternoon wedding event for 900 guests was held at the Hanuman temple built by Jitubhai the father of the bride on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Hanuman is the monkey king who supported Rama (an incarnation
FEBRUARY 16, FRIDAY
AN INDIAN WEDDING (PART 1) I sort of knew what to expect, I have been to a couple of big Indian weddings before, but always as an American outsider. And I was certainly an outsider yesterday, but this time I
FEBRUARY 16, FRIDAY
AN INDIAN WEDDING (PART 1) I sort of knew what to expect, I have been to a couple of big Indian weddings before, but always as an American outsider. And I was certainly an outsider yesterday, but this time I
FEBRUARY 15, THURSDAY
PALANPUR-MEHSANA HIGHWAY We arrived in Mehsana, by Ashram car with a driver from Virampur, at about noon or so. I took many photographs and a couple of videos along the way. Until Palanpur we were on curving country roads. There
FEBRUARY 15, THURSDAY
PALANPUR-MEHSANA HIGHWAY We arrived in Mehsana, by Ashram car with a driver from Virampur, at about noon or so. I took many photographs and a couple of videos along the way. Until Palanpur we were on curving country roads. There
FEBRUARY 14,WEDNESDAY
IN THE PRESENCE OF SHIVA Wednesday before lunch Shilpa invited me to come along as she was visiting a priest, Dayalpuriji maharaja Mahadev, 12 kilometers away in the Hargangeshwar Mahadev Temple to borrow a mower from him since the Ashram’s
FEBRUARY 14,WEDNESDAY
IN THE PRESENCE OF SHIVA Wednesday before lunch Shilpa invited me to come along as she was visiting a priest, Dayalpuriji maharaja Mahadev, 12 kilometers away in the Hargangeshwar Mahadev Temple to borrow a mower from him since the Ashram’s
FEBRUARY 14, WEDNESDAY
AMERICAN CORN Just had for breakfast what Praveen, the cook, calls American corn, sweet corn, cut off the cob and mushed up, with many spices added. In the husk it certainly looked like American corn, but once spied didn’t taste
FEBRUARY 14, WEDNESDAY
AMERICAN CORN Just had for breakfast what Praveen, the cook, calls American corn, sweet corn, cut off the cob and mushed up, with many spices added. In the husk it certainly looked like American corn, but once spied didn’t taste
FEBRUARY 13, TUESDAY
BURRDI‘S PLACE Yesterday Shilpa Vaishnav, Hasmukh’s assistant, arrived from Mehsana. In the Indian tradition, when her daughter Niddhi came with her child from Canada for a visit, and for the marriage of Mansie which will begin in a couple of
FEBRUARY 13, TUESDAY
BURRDI‘S PLACE Yesterday Shilpa Vaishnav, Hasmukh’s assistant, arrived from Mehsana. In the Indian tradition, when her daughter Niddhi came with her child from Canada for a visit, and for the marriage of Mansie which will begin in a couple of
FEBRUARY 12, MONDAY
HOW NOT TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL Today I watched the Super Bowl in Virampur, Gujarat, as I heard the children‘s cries as they played in the yard outside starting about 7 in the morning. Of course the actual Super
FEBRUARY 12, MONDAY
HOW NOT TO WATCH THE SUPER BOWL Today I watched the Super Bowl in Virampur, Gujarat, as I heard the children‘s cries as they played in the yard outside starting about 7 in the morning. Of course the actual Super
SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY
BACK TO THE VILLAGE After I wrote that, in the late afternoon, I was taken by Jogesh to another nearby village where we first visited a potter’s home where they make clay pots for sale in the biggest nearby market
SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY
BACK TO THE VILLAGE After I wrote that, in the late afternoon, I was taken by Jogesh to another nearby village where we first visited a potter’s home where they make clay pots for sale in the biggest nearby market
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 