THIS JUST IN
Today's Vocabulary Words:
Minister = politician
Pundit = religious leader ("pandit")
Camp = workshop
Mysore has a new evening newspaper, called The Mysore Mail, which competes with the more established Star of Mysore.
The latter's movie listings are more accurate, but the former has headlines like these (all from today, Monday 3 July 2006):
Man Axes Wife to Death [another dowry death]
Snake Bite, Two Hospitalized
Elephant Electrocuted in Nanjangud
Minister's Car Catches Fire, Unhurt
Spoken English Camp
Free Piles Check Up and Screening Camp
It always comes back to the piles, doesn't it?
Speaking of which; my friends Janice and Stephen* have come up with a surefire way to induce an elimination round before class: heat up milk and a double espresso purchased the night before at Cafe Coffee Day. Their coffee so rich and fresh (and grown in nearby Coorg) that it makes Starbucks seem like Nescafe.
I am now a convert.
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*To see an historic photo, taken on the roof of the old shala, go to Janice and Stephen's website and click on "workshops."
The old shala looks pretty nice, so now they must have a setting close to the Taj Mahal?
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like someone is making a pretty nice profit from the yoga people that make the trek to Mysore.