Monday, January 28, 2008

The most impressive

Five minutes ago a friend from Spain has asked me "What has been for you the most impressive from India?" so I have thought about it and this is my answer :
Is incredible the amount of garbish that is everywhere, how they deal with it, the deep look of the people, how they dress, how they move, how they eat...
Varasani and the burning ghats...seeing in first person how they do every step of the ritual while a man explained to us all the details...almost touching the holy fire that has been there from always...smeeling...feeling...rewatching these fires near the Mother Ganga during the night...Joining the Ganga Puja...putting candles in the Ganga as a prayer...
Tirumala...queuing ONLY 5 hours to have the privilege of being in front of the God for half a second and ask for a wish...
Travelling in general compartment 17 hours long...
Facing the muslim quarter in Hyderabad, that transports you to Damascus in all the senses..
Mother House in Kolkata...there is something in the air...when you see the room of Mother Teresa you feel peace coming inside of you...
Darjeeling and its fucking cold at great sunrise over Himalaya...
Barganing in hindi....do so nahi....ek so pachas.... hahahhahahahahaa
Sharing thoughts, masala chai and mobile number with a sadhu in Orchha...
Explaining we are not tourist so they shouldn't try to cheat as...that we are students...and also have already being living in India for a while so we know the prices....
Listening "why are you pretending that you are not indian?"
Spending one week in Orchha...
Post office of Pushkar...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

And i'm her friend from Spain who give cause to this text ;)
really amazing, i'm dying to visit youuuu!!!
saudadinha de vc maninha, se cuida!


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