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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
FEBRUARY 11, SUNDAY
WHO AND WHERE? I begin to wonder where I am, who I am, where and who any of us are. I think of the children in their red uniforms yesterday who heard the speech about who I was and why
FEBRUARY 11, SUNDAY
WHO AND WHERE? I begin to wonder where I am, who I am, where and who any of us are. I think of the children in their red uniforms yesterday who heard the speech about who I was and why
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
AROUND VIRAMPUR But the day wasn‘t over. After teatime at 5 p.m. Jogesh offered to take me by car to see a check dam, built to catch the monsoon rains before they run off leaving a man made lake. It
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
AROUND VIRAMPUR But the day wasn‘t over. After teatime at 5 p.m. Jogesh offered to take me by car to see a check dam, built to catch the monsoon rains before they run off leaving a man made lake. It
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
FILMING VIRAMPUR AND THE ASHRAM I had breakfast at 9:30, toast and cheese and a banana and green tea to calm my stomach, then went to the Virampur main road market with , my guide, where I took some videos
FEBRUARY 10, SATURDAY
FILMING VIRAMPUR AND THE ASHRAM I had breakfast at 9:30, toast and cheese and a banana and green tea to calm my stomach, then went to the Virampur main road market with , my guide, where I took some videos
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 