The most dangerous woman in India…
July 20, 2007
Yes, it is true. She is dangerous, and completely unstoppable I might add. For the 10 days that I was in India for the Vedic Recitation Yayas she cooked for me and the pundits. The problem was two fold; she was a fantastic cook and she insited that we eat to the point just shy of explosion.
We would start the day with Rudra Abishekam at 7:30, break for “Boost” (a warm malted milk drink) at 9:00, have breakfast at 10:30 and then lunch at 1:00. Then…no more food, no dinner, no nothing until breakfast. And I still gained weight! The joke among us was that the entire trip would have been worth it just for the food.
It is odd that in the west we have an unfortunate and innacurate image of India as being full of hungry malnourished poor people. Thankfully, nothing could be further from the truth. When people ask me about India I say it is all about the spirituality and the food. While I still think that India is hard work for a westerner, it is at its core a great, happy, and sincerely spiritual place to be….with unbelievable food.