Posted in Sights, Uncategorized, tagged movies on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Monday, Sonya from Croatia arranged a group of us to go to see the Indian epic movie, Jodhaa Akba, a 16 century tale of the last of the Moguls (Moslems) who occupied the Northern part of India for some time (longer than the British, then, the Moguls did not have to contend with Mahatma Ghandi). [...]
Posted in Saints, tagged Ama, Saints, traffic on March 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Greetings this overcast day in India. The mosquitoes seek warmer weather. The cows continue to roam the streets, eat peoples’ plants, sleep in doorways and poop where they stand. This creates a cottage industry, for there are those who collect the poop, dry it in large field adjacent to the road, and you see the [...]
Posted in The Clinic, Traveling, tagged accomodations, ayurveda, travel on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Greetings again!
The weather here in Faridabad, just South of Delhi is slightly overcast, a little humid, and cooler than before, although still warm. The evenings are a little cooler, and most comfortable. The mosquitoes are out in force seeking likely victims, with which I am coping very well. They are much smaller than those in [...]
Posted in Holy Sites, Traveling, tagged akshardham, temple, travel on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Greetings from Faridabad, South of Delhi, India.
On Sunday past, I was taken by my new friend, Indira, an Indian lady living in the UK. She is taking the well-being/healing treatments. We went to Delhi, the experience of which I have previously shared with you. We met with Agata, a young Polish girl, who had been [...]
Posted in The Clinic on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
Then I go to work, by walking around the corner to the Institute, which comprises a residential building that has 9 rooms, for those who come for treatment and are in residence. There is the diagnostic area, where the Ayurvedic doctors see their local and foreign patients. In the basement is the pharmacy where all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
My routine is quite gentle. I awake in the morning at about 6am, and seem to be in a state of paralysis, and so I wait for about an hour until I can move. I then take a cup of hot water to kick start the bowel evacuation and digestive track. I now add a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bathrooms on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
This is my second attempt with this newsletter; the previous letter was lost when I had written it and pressed the wrong button.
My good friend, Eric Tischler has created a blog, http://tonyaltman.wordpress.com which will carry the letter updates of my journey, with photos when I am able to download them. My intent is to post information that [...]
