tragicomix unravelled

So, my company paid a whole lot of money for me to go to this workshop called "Life". Did some holistic thinking, personality preference testing, creative tensioning, inner vision development, climbing up and down ladders of inference. Came away with the strong sense that Westerners somehow struggle very hard to find their sense of balance in life. Maybe it is affluence or a cultural afflication. Met a guy who went through a divorce, got himself a " life coach " (company paid for that too) . I think Asians tend to find their sense of balance much easier. this concept of detatchment and maya seems ingrained in our culture. I tend to go through life thiniking it is some one elses, all the feelings we feel, the emotions we express, everything is just something happening to someone in this universe of being. Don't know why it is so hard for them to get.

lassi in earthen pot : jaipur

nothing to beat the heat like a cool glassfull of lassi, served fresh in an earthen pot, with a totaly unhealthy dollop of 'malai' or cream on top. the sheer decadence is unbeatable.
that, and jantar mantar with weird inclined planes surrealistic stuff, where guides mumble gibberish about celstial angles and spheres.. there was dog on top of the gigantic inclined plane, the sight was highly comic..wish i had a picture to put up.
that was jaipur : temp : 45 degrees.

vodka pani puri :

nowhere is globalization as evident as in bombay, where pratap da dhaba, also known as chawlas, a venerable institution that has been around since the 60's, offers pani puri vodka shots. with of course, vodka being the pani in the puri. my humble salutations to mr pratap, who came up with this brilliant idea(?)
that was highlight of bombay - 35 degrees.