KEEPING UP APPEARNCES
On Friday Guruji presided over the first led primary series class. I knew this because when I showed up at the shala for the second class the first was almost over and you could hear Guruji's quick count and unique way of saying "SIX!!!" like he's catching it before it flies away, and, of course, "YEIGHT" and "LEBBEN."
The other thing I noticed when I pulled up was C-stands everywhere.
Inside, it was hot, stinky and unusually bright; they were doing another movie shoot.
There was no announcement or form to sign.
Guruji led the chant for our class and brought us through most of the standing poses before losing his energy. Then Sharath took over.
This, plus a total lack of sleep the previous night, me very sad indeed.
After breakfast and a bucket bath I was in quite a mood -- plus I had a deadline to meet, which only made things worse.
I was heading out the back gate -- funny how the guys at the hotel always open it for male guests, but rarely for me -- which I had opened myself when my foot got smashed between the gate and kickstand.
It (my foot) hurt stung like hell, and it looked kind of dented.
But I had a deadline to meet.
So I went down the street, did my writing, and got on with my day.
Everything was fine until evening.
Then the foot swelled up and began to throb with pain.
I started to limp like an old humplimpett, and began to bid adieu to the next day's planned excursion to Kodagu - which would have entailed a lot of walking.
On the way to dinner, I stopped at the pharmacist and told him what had happened.
He gave me two tablets and told me they were anti-inflammatory and pain killer-in-one. He said to take one in the evening and one in the morning.
"And after that?" I asked.
"You will not need anything."
I took the tablets as prescribed, and iced my foot before going to sleep.
The next day it was like it had never happened, and the trip to Coorg -- and Abbi Falls and the mouth of the Kaveri River -- was on.
Many photos were taken and will be posted... as soon as I download them and find an open USB port.
Although I did hear today that the Mysore Mandala in (nearby) Lakshmipuram now has Wifi.
Ah, India.
A doctor in the states would have ordered an mri, intense therapy, etc, as long as your insurance held.
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ReplyDeleteHoney, They Shrunk The ....Times? Smaller 'NYT' Coming on Monday
NEW YORK Over the years, The New York Times has tended to think big, but tomorrow it will have to adapt to a new smaller-is- beautiful era.
In a front page note to readers this morning, the paper stated that the print edition they will hold tomorrow will be decidedly more compact.
Beginning Monday, the Times "will reduce the width of its pages by an inch and a half," to a 12-inch standard, the paper declared.
"The move will cut newsprint expenses and, in some printing press locations, will make special configurations unnecessary. Slight modifications in design will preserve the look and texture of The Times, with all existing features and sections, and" -- it admitted at the end -- "somewhat fewer words per page."
The Times had originally planned to make the shift next March. It is far from the first paper to shrink in size in recent years, but the new look tomorrow promises to cause much comment.
When the company announced the coming size change in June 2006, Times Editor Bill Keller wrote in a staff memo the reduction would shrink the news hole by 11%.
Papers in the New York Times Co.'s New England and Regional Media divisions also are slimming down. The Boston Globe is reducing its web with from 50 inches to 48 inches in Q4. Along with four of its regional papers, The Ledger in Lakeland, Fla., reported it was trimming its size from a 54-inch web width to 48 inches.