i have just walked up a hill, washed my feet in a snake-infested pool, trodden on blood, paan-juice and goat-dung, stood in the sun for an hour, contributed to the general sonic pandemonium by ringing two loud<\/i> temp,lke bells, seen a goat’s severed head used as a candle-stand, warded off pandits<\/i> begging for money. And I am supposed to feel religious. Freakus Religiosa.<\/p>\n
\/*went to Kamakhya temple after a gap of thirteen years. The blood was from animals that are sacrificed, the carcasses are carried around the main temple building, in order to ensure that the goddess is aware of the kill.<\/i>*\/<\/p>\n
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\nMan, I feel like a tourist in my own home-town. Heh heh heh.<\/p>\n
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\nMY father rented this car for us to go around the city and to Shillong. The driver was a psycho chap who would play Tere Naam<\/i> and then at our request put on Kandisa or Talvin Singh and then his auditory senses would rebel and he would put on Tere Naam<\/i> again. Then sometime during the Shillong trip, he put on a remix album which had some guys singing “hari Bol” in the chorus of Jaane Kya Hoga Raama Rey<\/i> from Kaante.<\/p>\n
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\nThe smell of urine on the Guwahati roads is subtly different from that on the streets of Hyderabad. <\/p>\n
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\nStuff we didn’t<\/i><\/b> get in the shark-infested waters of Shillong ( that’s a metaphor, Shillong does not have sharks. Not even when it’s raining) :-<\/p>\n
1) Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita<\/b> DVD.
\n2) Apocalypse Now Redux<\/b> DVD.
\n3) Jag Mundhra’s Tales from the Kamasutra<\/b>, which incidentally has Rajeshwari Sachdev in a…er….meaty role.
\n4) Chasing Amy<\/b> DVD.
\n5) The Beatles: Yellow submarine audio cd. <\/p>\n
The DVDs were all available for 200 rupees, and the audio cd, which was originally priced at 85, miraculously increased to 120 when i showed some interest in it.<\/p>\n
* * *
\nFirst reaction when someone hears Boys<\/i>:- ‘I need a copy’.<\/p>\n
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\nI seem to be getting slightly wary of Sasi’s copy of Lonely Planet. Hard to believe that I stayed in Guwahati for fifteen years and he knows more about where so-and-so hotel is, or where this site of historical importance is. Hmmm. Maybe i can trash it when he’s sleeping.<\/p>\n
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\nWe go to Kaziranga tomorrow. To ride the ephelunts. <\/p>\n
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\nI am supposed to be on a vacation and Psasi wakes me up every morning before eight. <\/p>\n
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\nThe keyboard sucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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