Hey Ravi, Thanks for responding, and sharing your thoughts. Yes, I saw a lot of poverty in SE Asia, though it was not as pervasive and intense as India's, so I've heard. We did, however, have our dog kidnapped three times, for a ransom, but once my Dad saw that the routine was going to go on forever, he had to let the dog go, likely for a meal. I like your comparison of a nightclub to a festival. My wife and I used to find these amazing clubs, about six months before they closed up for good. This one place, and our last discovery, was called The Phoenix. Located on the second floor of a building, with an large opening in the center of the club, looking down into the fountain on the first floor. This divided the club into four areas, dancing, drinking, games and lounging, and entrance/exit/restrooms. Very cool place to go dancing - used to attract some good bands too.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@...> wrote: > > Hey Jim - thanks, yeah - glad my mom returned without any discomfort. > > But, no nothing I miss, of India. If not for my family I wouldn't go back, > anyway, I think I carry the spirit, the essence of India so no need for > anything else. I was agnostic, never traditional so I don't associate with > any of the rituals, temples etc, the traditional religion. > > You got me thinking. > ââ > Lot of things in India bother me, travel, weather - I have always stayed > put during my trips, but poverty bothers me a lot and makes me want to stay > away. It did a lot when I was growing up and it does now as well, I'm very > sensitive and it's too painful. I can't, like Indians say its their past > karma nor like conservatives think they should get a job. So I always used > to carry wads of cash in India and give it away upon every encounter with > someone poor for some temporary relief from the pain and the burden, but > it's never ending. I clearly didn't start it and I seem powerless to end it > and I think one should go to India just to experience this, if one can feel > that is (certainly rules out âself-described sociopathic types like âXeno, > sorry Xeno). Even one homeless person here bothers me but at least this is > tolerable. > > âThe one thing I do enjoy is watching the camaraderie, the celebration > during festivals but since I'm never of it even though I'm in it - I can do > this anywhereâ and so even a visit to nightclub is good enough. > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:59 PM, doctordumbass@... < > no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Just from the pictures, it looks like a very strenuous journey for anyone > > in their 60's, and I am really glad your Mom was spared the disaster! > > > > On another topic, I am curious what you experience in India, something > > commonplace, that you prefer there, or like just as much, that you don't > > get here in the US? > > > > For example, I remember in SE Asia, the diesel fumes, mixed with rotting > > mango, tobacco smoke, incense, vegetation, heat, humidity, and dust, or > > mud. The organic sensuousness of all that, feeling enveloped by the > > atmosphere, an extension of all the scents in the air, vs., the US being > > more industrial, more metallic, cleaner, but also more sterile, and more > > packaged. > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks Jim - my mom really enjoyed the beauty of the place but was super > > > tired, had issues with her knees by the end of it. She's not real healthy > > > for someone who's only 64 and the trip involved hardship - chopper rides, > > > rides/treks on hand-held carriages for some of those remote spots. I had > > to > > > arrange flight tickets so she flew back from Delhi to Hyderabad instead > > of > > > the train ride. > > > > > > She was actually was planning a trip to Kailash - > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kailash#Pilgrimage, but that didn't pan > > out. > > > Anyway she has traveled so much in her life and she loves to travel - > > > something I do as well. > > > > > > The flooding seems pretty serious - just read this article > > > > > http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Uttarakhand/Over-130-killed-in-North-India-rains-Kedarnath-town-in-Uttarakhand-ruined/Article1-1078410.aspx > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:01 PM, doctordumbass@ < > > > no_re...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Very cool pictures. Kedarnath temple is striking, with the peaks right > > out > > > > the back door. Yamunotri reminds me of a little known Friendship > > Garden, > > > > right next to a river, carved between two peaks, on Maui. > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > There's the Ravi effect, my mom just got back from a trip there - > > before > > > > > the floods started. > > > > > > > > > > A trip to Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath & Kedarnath, her first - > > > > > supposedly a cool thing Hindus should do in their lifetime. I'm fine > > with > > > > > trips to the Sierra Nevadas and retreat back to the Pacific Ocean. > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chota_Char_Dham > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:05 AM, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > and you still think there is such a thing as the Marshy Effect? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > *From:* Buck <dhamiltony2k5@> > > > > > > *To:* FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > *Sent:* Monday, June 17, 2013 9:52 PM > > > > > > *Subject:* [FairfieldLife] Uttarkashi Flash Flooded > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have our Brothers on Purusha been heard of since? > > > > > > > > > > > > Floods and landslides have killed at least 19 people and destroyed > > > > > > buildings after heavy rain in North India. > > > > > > > > > > > > Fifteen people died in Uttarakhand state. Another four lost their > > > > lives in > > > > > > Himachal Pradesh, officials say. > > > > > > > > > > > > Footage showed a three-storey apartment building being washed away > > in > > > > the > > > > > > town of Uttarkashi. Reports said at least three people died - more > > are > > > > > > missing. > > > > > > > > > > > > Another 40 people are unaccounted for in Uttarakhand. Casualty > > figures > > > > are > > > > > > expected to rise. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22936533 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
