Before coming here, cricket to me would always and only be the game that the Queen of Hearts would play in Alice in Wonderland.
But here cricket is a sport, and actually THE sport. Cricket is to India what soccer is to Italy: cricket players are rich and famous, they date actresses and cute girls from [...]
Archive for August, 2008
C for Cricket
Posted in My India on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
B for Business Card
Posted in My India on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I got here, my job position had no label. Actually, it did have a label, the one the bank gave to me when I opened my first post-university account: atypical worker.
Having no clue about how does one look for a job, I had even less of a clue of how does one look for [...]
A for Ashram
Posted in My India on August 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Before moving here, my knowledge of eastern religion and philosophy was limited to the following: what I read, a few years ago, in Siddartha (I have only made it through half the book but it represents by far the highest peak of spirituality I ever indulged in); what I saw in a Hare Krishna street [...]
Goodmorning Columbus…
Posted in My India on August 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… My mother’s eternal words, reminding me America was already discovered and that day-dreaming was a long way from life’s truths. But what’s the point of breathing if somebody already tells you the difference between an apple and a bicycle? If I bite a bicycle and ride an apple, then I’ll know the difference. [Emir [...]
