Blogs from Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia - page 12

Kedves Olvasoink, Reg nem jelentkeztunk, hiszen a kezdo tanfolyam, amit Januar 12-23 kozott tartottunk igen sok tennivaloval es igen keves szabadidovel jart, Gabi es en is tanitgattunk, szerveztunk, kerdesekre valaszoltunk reggeltol estig. Most viszont 3 szabad napunki van, es szeretnenk behozni a lemaradast. Eloszor is minden kedves otthonrol szulinapigratulalonak koszonom az emaileket, jokivansagokat, es virtualis fulhuzasokat. Masodszor pedig a korabban beharangozott osszefoglalora terneki ki, mely az Amma Ashramjaban megnezett okomozik es az Auroville-projectben taopasztalt gyakorlati megoldasokat tekintene at. Az alapproblema az hogy milyen elvarasaink vannak az elettol. Fenntarthatatlanok. Az ok a koolaj alapu gazdasagban-gazdalkodasban rejlik, mely az utobbi 100 evben "elkenyeztette" a nyugati fejlett tarsadalmakat. A koolaj az emberiseg tortenelmenek legkonnyebben haszn... read more

Americans are rich and spoiled. Spoiled not in the fact that we are preppy rich white people, but in the fact that many of us have so much and have never witnessed firsthand the poverty that most of the world lives in. We are spoiled because many Americans have never seen real poverty and therefore do not have to live with the guilt of wealth. I am a spoiled white American. I am sitting in a bed in Delhi India shrouded by a mosquito net. The dogs down below roam the streets around the apartment, barking and fighting; starkly contrasting the peace of the bedroom I will be spending my night in. The whistle of the night guard sounds regularly occasionally bursting into a shrill caustic series of sharp notes. Honking penetrates the remainder of the ... read more

Dec 23: Patna, mely a thaimasszazs szempontjabol is lenyeges, hiszen itt szekeltek a Magadha kiralyok, ahol udvari orvos volt Dr Jivago, ma egy lepratelep. Az este 5 os vonat 7 korul indult el, tehat az alatt a 44 km alatt, amit Patnatol Varanasiig megtett, kesett 2 orat a vonat, szanalmas teljesitmeny a rendes Mumbai-Varanasi szinvonalhoz kepest. A palyaudvaron csoveztunk, aztan megjott a vonat, kb 8 szor annyi emberrel rajta, mint amennyi hely volt. Szerencsere a mienket evakualtak amint lattak kulfoldisegunket, hogy 4 farang jon a vonatra, de hat a kiabalas, vitatkozas, rossz hangulat nem szunt meg. Patna Bihar megye fovaraosa, aholmaig vannak kis incidensek a vonatokon, pl. egesz szerelveny kirablasa, ezert a vagonorseget sem viszik tulzasba, konkretan egy or sem volt a 25 vagonos vonaton. Harakolas, mindenki beteg, mint egy elfekvoben ugy ereztem magam ahogy felkeszultunk ... read more

OLD COUPLES KASHI YATRA VIA KHAJURAHO (6) 4th October, 2007 - Thursday. Today we have again decided to perform Panchamrita Abhishekam to Lord Visweswara and to perform Kumkumapuja to Kasi Visaalakshi. Kasi Visaalakshi temple is one of the Ashtadasa Sakthi Peethams. We requested Shri Dayanidhi to help us perform Panchamrita Abhishekam to Lord Visweswara. If we engage the services of a local priest then only we can leisurely perform the Abhishekam or Pujas in the temples at Varanasi. Otherwise, we will be pushed out of the temple by the priests the moment we have darshan of the icon. They purposely do it for the purpose of earning more money from the pilgrims. Kasi Temple Purohits are not an exception to this rule and I find they are more greedier than the purohits in other temples. Money ... read more

I came equipped with baseball bats to Sphoorti Children’s Home this week because there is plenty of land around for hitting balls. Due to plenty of practice with cricket bats, hand-eye coordination was not an issue and I was chasing a lot of balls into the brush. We even managed to lose several on the surrounding rooftops. It really didn’t matter much if the pitches came bouncing in cricket-stlye or made it to the batter in the air, these kids managed to hit pretty much everything. I think we inadvertantly invented some sort of cricket-baseball fusion sport. Another great Sunday and I managed to make it out without having to exhibit any of my own dancing skills but did get to see some more of theirs. ... read more