Baby at bhajans in California

John Cornell sent this picture of me holding one of the Nepali babies.  Isn't she the cutest little thing?

Farewell dinner with the Govindharajans

Aishwarya has graduated from CSI College of Engineering and is heading imminently to her mother's home in Chennai.

Mahalakshmi, Aishu's mother and the cook of our incredible spread

Apurva, Aishu's sister, whom I rarely see but look forward to getting to know better

Govindharajan and Aishwarya

Apurva, Mahalakshmi, Govindharajan, Gopal, Carolyn

(Aishu took the picture, and the pics with her in them didn't turn out well enough)

We had a nice evening. It is rare to have everyone together like this. We really enjoyed it. Mahalakshmi can really cook, and we had a very special meal.

Lock-in

Gopal and I were having a fight at the time, so Gopal had shut himself in the office, hoping I wouldn't come in. A while later, I heard a vehicle come to the house and went to notify Gopal, in case it was our new Dish TV delivery. I tried opening the door, couldn't, so thought he had locked me out. We figured out the lock had given out in the door, and he couldn't fix it. There is no other access to that room. (At least he had a bathroom.)

Here's Gopal trying to fix the lock inside our office.

And here's our landlord, Chandran, trying to get him out on the other side of the door.

Eventually, Gopal dug the lock out of the door frame. What a pain.

Books: "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

Our landlord in Brooklands, Bala Chandar, had been given this book by his daughter, Tejaswi.  He loaned it to us as when we visited them in Chennai.  I picked it up recently and read it.  It is sort of humorous in a dark way.  .  I recommend this book.  It will give you an understanding of the dark reality of India.

Mother's Day for Peace

I never saw this until today.  If you missed it too, enjoy (if that's the word).

Temple noise during celebrations, which is most of the time

This was Saturday night. Below is the following morning.

Yoga class 4-5 times a week

My yoga class is at the Taj hotel here in Coonoor.  This is the entrance drive.  I'm showing you this because coming here to do yoga in the garden is a wonderful experience.

This is what I look at when I'm resting on my back.  Sigh.  I should have done a video with all the bird sounds.  My camera wasn't able to show you the surrounding hills.  It's idyllic.

Vinod Kumar, my teacher