I think the pundits should have to eat food handled by three hundred pound, chain-smoking townies. Just like I had to do, in Annapurna. The vibrations will have a nice grounding effect, so rare amongst TMers.
--- bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Rick > Archer > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The news from Vedic City is that an > undetermined > > > number of pundits are > > > > coming in 10 days. There¹s some hold up > because > > > their arranging to > > > bring > > > > their own cooks. > > > > -- > > > > > ******************** > > > I just recalled that Brahmins in India do not eat > food prepared by > members of other castes if possible, and since the > pundits are > Brahmins, they'll want Brahmin cooks. But they are > going to have a > battle with the State Dept over this issue, I'll bet > (since the cooks > are at least as poor as the pundits and don't > qualify for U.S. visas, > and the State Dept clerks in India probably are not > concerned about > caste issues and would just say that MUM should hire > people who can > read recipes to prepare Indian food -- the pundit > kitchen is not a > gourmet restaurant that requires superstars of > Indian cooking), and > this issue of visas for cooks certainly could not > have been news all > this two years that they have been planning this > (non-) event. > > While I was working as a cook at MIU, Administrator > Susan Humphrey > used to make an occasional appearance in the kitchen > and tell us what > high-status folks we were, since cooks were Brahmins > in India (since > the other three castes can eat food prepared by > Brahmins, cooks tend > to be Brahmins in India) -- good for a laugh in that > dump. > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
