Thank you for the clarification – I had no idea. Beautiful pictures.
yours,
Bill

You can find God, religion, or spiritually in any place and you don’t even need to go outside your house to find this. India while chaotic and beautiful at the same time is just like any other place where people can be consumerist, spiritual, wonderful, materialistic, or racist. As someone with a mixed Southeast and East Asian features, I often had to deal with stereotypes (“Do you eat snakes?”)and racism (like being called “chinky chinky” while walking). Also, a religious festival in India at times (not all the time) degrades into a beer festival with drunk people roaming around the streets. Whatever religious meaning it has is lost due to libations and inebriation.

I will cherish my memories of India because it’s really a beautiful place but like I said, it’s not really a mecca of spiritualism that outsiders would like to believe it to be.

You are welcome. I would love to but I’m getting over 500 emails a day, trading commodities, doing disaster research, blogging and other items. I am a Hindu and would love to visit India. Maybe someday, if someone can take over my blog for a few weeks. India is, religiously, all that the U.S. is not. I don’t like spicy food however – I understand that’s what drove Ringo Starr away.
yours,
Bill

Hi Bill, thanks for reading the blog. India is a really fascinating place, I would really recommend a visit, even just for once!