At the end of class today Prashant announced that we would not meet for class next Tuesday because he will be in Delhi to accept the award for outstanding contribution to the promotion of yoga. The room spontaneously erupted in applause. Here’s the link to the Times of India story: https://m.timesofindia.com/city/pune/ramamani-iyengar-yoga-institute-bags-pms-award/articleshow/59260359.cms
The flight form Delhi to Pune was easy. I’m impressed by the airline Indigo. The plane was newer and felt solid on takeoff and landing. Plus the marketing department has a sense of humor. The flight was full and I think we were the only non-Indians on the airplane. The taxi took us to our flat and since we are
Humayum was the last mohgul leader and his wife built this tomb in red sandstone and marble. It has the same architectural elements of the Taj Mahal and other tombs. I think there are about 100 people buried here. This is our day on the tour and, as it goes, I get pretty saturated. The history is long and the
Our Delhi siteseeing started with a trip to a mosque. A part of Delhi has a high percentage of Muslims and the mosque can accommodate 25,000 people at a time. There are a number of sets (35 or so) up to the entrance where all of the women in a our group had to don robes. Any men wearing shorts
In every culture there are all sorts of non-verbal communications that happen. In Indian culture one non-verbal communication technique is the head shake. It is done by just slightly moving one side of your head towards your shoulder. It is a form of agreement.
The second part of our journey to Agra was by train. Upon hearing that the train was delayed, Mansi our tour manager, arranged for some drinks and a place to land for a few minutes instead of going directly to the station, which she described as loud, crowded and with not clean bathrooms. There is a ban on the sale
At every tourist stop there are street vendors selling everything from playing cards and purses, to bells and statues of Ghandi. They are relentless and do not take no for an answer. Mansi our tour manager has encouraged us to refuse their insistence until she can negotiate for us. Once back in the bus she will ask us what we
We met our tour manager, Mansi, in the lobby of the hotel. She is in her late 20’s and unmarried, which is unusual for an Indian woman of her age. She is engaged to be married to a man she has met for 22 minutes. But we learned this much later in the day. I digress. More later as she
After lots of preparation I got my suitcase packed with about half clothes and half “stuff” (lots of health stuff -anti malaria, anti diarrhea, antibiotics, soap, shampoo and a decent size jar of peanut butter to name a few) and it was under the 50 pound weight limit United has and under the 44 pound weight limit the Indian airlines
Three years since my last blog post!? Facebook, email and other ways of communicating have taken the place of my blog. I am preparing (mostly mentally at this point) to go to India in the fall and am considering resurrecting the blog. This is a test to see if I can manage to post from my iPad.