Persistence

I love Delhi. Probably because I lived like a prince, holed up in a condo thats like a boutique hotel. I was chauffeured around the city for lunch, movies and shopping. I stayed with Baba, a friend of Atul my Yogi friend from the Advanced Teachers Training Course. Baba is a successful artist who lives in Gurgaon, the “Oakville” or Orange County of Delhi. Glass office towers, gated condo communities and highrises, American restaurants and malls. The office buildings are mostly call centres, and mostly running on US time, so people work in the middle of the night. Take a bunch of young, bright Indians, give them the freedom to be out from home all night, give them a new name like Janet or Jim, and you get a lot of kids up for a party. They call them “Call-girl” Centres here!

I was recovering from a stomach bug I got in Hampi earlier. When I felt better Yogesh (another yogi from the same course) too me around Delhi on the back of his motorbike. That was a blast. We hit the temples and yoga centres. Hare Krishna (ISKON), Bahai Lotus Temple, and an unpronounceable but gigantic new temple, as well as both Sivananda centres. Then I visited his family where I learned to make chai the right way. The milk has to come to a boil and fall off 3 times. Who knew.

I also picked up a new Nokia phone and a number for just 30 bucks. Everyone has phones here!

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