{"id":102,"date":"2006-09-17T02:00:06","date_gmt":"2006-09-17T02:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=102"},"modified":"2009-04-16T15:16:20","modified_gmt":"2009-04-16T22:16:20","slug":"i-dream-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=102","title":{"rendered":"i dream of india"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was over at Dust my Broom<\/a> (surprise, surprise) where Shere Khan<\/a> is leading a discussion about conscription<\/a>. It’s an interesting post and recommended reading. However today, for once, I’m not going to be posting my take on what the DMB<\/a> crew is pondering.<\/p>\n

After posting my response to Shere Khan’s musings, I toddled off to the hospital to visit dad. During the day, the topic of India kept coming up in conversation and stood at the fore front of my mind. I’ve always said that I miss India and would do anything to return. I think it was there that I truely understood the values of friendship, compassion, dignity and respect.<\/p>\n

Those who haven’t already done so can read my India travel journals<\/a> to learn more about my experiences. However shallow they might seem in hindsight, they had a profound effect on me and the person I’ve grown to be in the last few years.<\/p>\n

So this evening, I leave you with the scribblings of a sometimes poet…<\/p>\n

September, 2003<\/strong>
\nI dream of India
\nSilk sarees and traffic jams
\nThe stench of unwashed bodies
\nRotting food
\nWet air crawling over my feet<\/p>\n

Painted blue signs on the sides of cemeteries
\n“Please do not pass urine here”
\nMen standing directly below them
\nDoing just that
\nWhere is my camera when I need it?<\/p>\n

Tent cities and crippled beggars
\nPleading with the foreigner for the Rupees in her pockets
\nYou know you’ve stayed too long when you stop looking in their eyes
\nIt’s easier to walk away then
\nYou lie to yourself daily to bury the guilt<\/p>\n

Pujas and car Ganeshas
\nTo help survive the auto-rickshaw
\nDriven over roads dug by hand
\nSurrounded by death and rabid animals
\nAnd life<\/p>\n

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