Anandha Inn Pondicherry

... coming out of the darkness and into the light. Hence the holiday’s nickname “the festival of lights.” I’m taking a class on Hinduism and have found it to be not only a complex religion but also way of life. There have been lights strung all around the city and homes. People have been lighting off “crackers” (fireworks) this week, all throughout the day and ...

... go in, but it was well worth the wait (by wait I mean two days). It was made clear that it is not a temple or a place for any religious dogmas. Rather a place dedicated to symbolizing the Universal Mother. The Universal Mother is a concept well known in Hindu culture. It is supposed to look as if it is coming out of the ground, representing an individual becoming in control of their own consciousness. It’s related to yoga to an ...

... of the things we do at home. Anyways, I ended up seeing a different doctor in town on Monday to have some tests done. The doctor said that it didn’t look like I had anything too serious going on. He has me on some medicines and these past few days I have been feeling better. I have to go back tomorrow to find out the results from the tests so I’m anxiously waiting for that. The hospital visit was such an experience. Just ...

... the guests first. She then eats once everyone has finished. If you fold the banana leaf over towards you, it means that you were satisfied with the meal. If you fold the leaf away from you you’re saying that the food was not good to you. Across the board the leaves were folded towards ourselves. Pretty cool stuff and helpful to know! She was a great host and we all enjoyed ourselves. She’s a single lady and she ...

... us to feel sick as the driver was weaving, stopping and passing in & out of traffic. We didn't realize it until the way home, that our driver was trying to get us back so he could do another road. Chandra had to talk to the driver after which our drive was much more enjoyable. There are no main highways so we took the local ...

... then Amelia and Marcelle fell off too as they swerved to avoid hitting a cow. Later when i had my own scooter, paranoia kept me riding mine very slow and i sat on the horn the whole way. One day whilst i was riding, a guy let his cow of it's rope and it came running and bucking at me down the road towards me. I kept calm and sent out some positive vibes that the cow recieved and luckily, went on running past other times i would give local kids a ride around ...

... workshop on creative writing, tai chi, non violent communication, a movie on our banking system and how it operates, etc. Besides these workshops there is a weekly Friday night movie which usually has something to do with the environment though our last movie was a series from the BBC about Sigmund Freud and his nephew that lived in the US. The focus was on how they founded the concept of subconscious thinking and how they shaped advertising and peoples ...

... the boys had been interested in joinung. The premise of Auroville is "Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realise human unity." to quote their own website. We had a long chat with a lady who worked there at the cafe for mosr of the year. She ...

... of the initial pioneers based at Puducherry. A period of turmoil followed. In the middle of the town is the Matrimandir, which has been acclaimed as "an outstanding and original architectural achievement". It was conceived by Alfassa as "a symbol of the Divine's answer to man's inspiration for perfection". Silence is maintained inside the Matrimandir to ensure the tranquility of the space and entire area surrounding the Matrimandir is called Peace area ...

... Toen wij volhielden hoorde de buurman van onze informatie-verstrekker ons en zei dat we wel via Itarsi konden reizen. Prima, reis geboekt, het wordt twee nachten treinen en een middag in Itarsi wachten. We hadden geen idee waar Itarsi lag en de mensen weten hier niet zo veel van Topografie dus het duurde even voordat we in een boekwinkel uitvonden waar het lag. Gewoon voor het idee, dat je weet waar je je op de wereld bevindt. Tot de volgende keer! Heel veel liefs.