Namaske Bharath Shetty

Anchovies Masala. I’m a greasy anchovy packed between five others on a single train seat. It’s a three-day roller coaster from Luknow on top, to Mysore on the bottom of India. This is like taking the A-Train packed to smushing-capacity at rush hour, but instead of stopping at 42^nd and 8^th you keep riding to Florida.

all on board

I wish I could stay longer in Ayodhya. I wish I could recreate the scene of an ancient fable. Perhaps if there was Ayodhya Disney, Epcot Center with Mickey Mouse Raksanas (demons) scaring children and an actress dressed as sexy Sita between her shifts at the waffle house.

The Chai Gods Smile

Let there be light; and there was light. All faiths speak of this light, giving it names like Jesus, Mohammad, Ram (Rama), but most in the west don’t translate it correctly.