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Friday, July 31st, 2009
Last post from Gangotri
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
From Gangotri
Humans, mangos, dolphins, You are with us, and we are in Gangotri, and so you are in Gangotri. We got here on the 6th, after 8 days of padyatra (including one day of rainy rest in Gangnaani hot springs, delicious healing). Ankur has gone to bring Kate from the plains. We (4 of us) head [...]
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Postmarked: Haridwar, May 4, 2009
Three Little Pilgrims You take the high road I’ll take the low road And I’ll get to Scotland before you May 1, 2009: 3 days from Uttar Kashi After 3 days of walking upstream from Uttarkashi, we have discovered the following: “You have to take the main road, there is no footpath on this side [...]
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
From Uttar Kashi
April 27, 2009: Uttar Kashi It’s really hard to be in need & have people treat you poorly when you know how poorly you’ve treated people in need. That’s why a majority of humans do everything in their power not to be in need of other people. [Ankurbhai] Learning about giving & receiving, expectations & [...]
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
from Haridwar
April 23, 2009 [baadaam sheikh] Denali’s newest AVTAR — Badam Sheikh [Ankur] Or, “almond chief”, in Hindi-Arabic-English. Today we bathed in the Ganga at sunrise, in silence, with only a few other pilgrims around us at the banks near the ashram we slept in. Two hours later at the main bathing site in the city [...]
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
From Haridwar
April 23, 2009 Ganga Ma bathed us today. And we now sit in an orchard of jackfruit, guava, mango, mulberry, and a chipmunk experimenting with sitting on Ankurbhai’s knee (whose new pilgrim name is Swami Poojitji) [ie Just Poojit] Tomorrow we walk, really walk, packs and all, and you all, Beloveds, come with us. Love, [...]
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
From Udaipur
[Please think of this picture as lying down -- its head to the right... -tara] April 16, 2009 Shikshantar is fertile for imagination; an ocean sunrise can be green. Denali and I, trying not to wonder what would have been if we had spent our 7 months here, but grateful for at least two days, [...]
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Monday, April 27th, 2009
from Rajasthan: 18 April 2009
[From Ankurbhai, Malavika, Denali] Rajasthan is made of ROCKS. That’s why the meals are so hearty and the people so hale — even their turbans and veils are crafted folds of stone and the sun is flaming granite. We are inspired everywhere we turn. MKSS (organization for workers and farmers) is a portrait of humble [...]