the widows of Vrindavan

Bent over by osteoporosis, 85-year-old Promita Das meticulously and slowly sweeps the floor just outside her door and then carefully cleans her dishes.

"I came here when I couldn't work anymore. I used to clean houses," she says. "Nobody looked after me, nobody loved me. I survived on my own."

She married at 12 and was widowed at 15. Seventy years later, she finds herself at Amar Bari. "I used to live in front of a temple, but then I came here," she says.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/damon.india.widows/#cnnSTCText

sundries

- Clearly my 4th of July entry was too insane for you all. :( Perhaps just too long. I am still stiff from standing the cold.

- Have to call the management company today because all the lights are out int eh entryway/first floor of my building and that's not useful.

- Last night I excavated my desk

- Foods by George Gluten-Free brownies are the bestest!

- Go read about rahalia_cat's sighting of a traffic safety conscious ghost dog.

- I am off to work and will return to plague you all soon.

GIP

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Occassionally, the media analysis work yields amazing quotes.

Today?

"Without cash clerics just become mystics." - Saeed Laylaz (economist)

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i just bought boring groceries but that made me feel accomplished. Lord knows why.

Also, a leter _and_ a postcard from Patty. We're able to chat briefly most days now, but this world of letters is so charming. Also -- rocks and wild thyme!
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If I had any free-time or was hosting HP reading at my house -- squid cake! Someone buy this thing and a castle cakepan and make a squid/castle cake. Please.... You'll be the coolest. EVAR! http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/sku9217829/
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