Reporting back from Rajasthan!
Diva Tour 2008
Tue, March 25, 2008
Well, the state of Rajasthan, as well as the cities of Delhi, Varanasi and Agra. All 10 of us on this year’s India DivaTour are still shaking the magic dust off our boots and remain bedazzled by all that we saw and experienced. Our trip was chock-a-block with Maharajh history, the Colors festival of spring, mind- boggling old forts, village time, and of course, Divas. We got to meet with the Bal Rashmi Society, who we first connected with while shooting our India documentary a few years back. Their great work against caste oppression and the disenfranchised communities of Rajasthan continues. Fate got us all doing downward dogs along the holy Ganges in Varanasi (god ground zero) with an amazing yogi who took pranayama to new levels; Ruchira Gupta, and her organization Apne Aap – which combats sex trafficking and the exploitation inside prostitution – welcomed us to the opening of a school in a red-light district on the outskirts of Delhi. One of India’s premier chefs exercised her – and our - culinary prowess with delectable Dahi murg and Aloo jeera, among other dishes.
Hard to capture the complexity, the camaraderie, and the richness of the last two and a half weeks in a single blog, but suffice it to say, there’s already chatter about a next trip….South India, 2010 anyone? Onward!
p.s. Stand by for photos.
