At $450/month per pundit, attention can be paid to details like Brahman cooks and not violating cultural integraty. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if half as much attention was paid to the details of other cultures that TM was taught in... Oh I forgot 'damn the democracies'. - Wait, that's not right, isn't it the democracies that are supporting these Brahman cooks? (All I remember is kale definately not cooked by a Brahman.
JohnY --- In [email protected], gullible fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/
