Flowers

As I walked home with my little bag of flowers this morning, a local lady passed me. She looked at the bag, nodded her head at the bag, and then gave me the biggest smile.Flower garlands are used for puja – a devotional ritual. I buy my flowers after practice...

Sri Durga: Rice bath, Idly, Vada

Okay, here’s what we’re working with: the Sri Durga menu. It’s hung up on the wall in the front room. I’ve been doing the baths and Sara’s been working on the dosas. There’s also a section of breads (poori, chapati, parota). We’re not sure what gets served with the...

Sri Durga Research Project

Sri Durga is a great local restaurant just off the main road in Gokulam. Specialty of the house: south Indian cuisine. Sara and I decided that for purposes of research, we should try every item on the Sri Durga menu. This will take us many lunches, but we are...

Technology

I’ve been killing myself trying to get the USB modem I bought from the phone man by the chai shop to work. I left the one I bought last year at home, so had to get another. Cheap enough, but getting them set up is a time-consuming process. They require authentication...