with Sri Ganesh

Namaste Ganeshaaya Namaste Magician of Knowledge, Usherer of Plenty – You command the clearance Of the One Way Towards Plenitude –

You are the Witness, The Memory Of all past processes As well as Of the Goal –

And thus you do not judge But always act According to the integrity Of the Way...

- 24-07-12:

... It is hotter, drier, sunnier and that Western breeze has risen again... Some boys from Edayachavadi have started digging holes for poles in front of the compound wall, to raise a political board; I have an argument with them and they send for their boss, Ranganathan, who is the newly “elected” Panchayat – a very crude and dumb fellow, whom I have already antagonized when I removed the TV cabling he had affixed onto the wall without permission; one problem is that he happens to be a relative of Parthy and, since Parthy will probably support me openly, this may cause trouble in his family... It is always, or still, distressing to find how callous, careless and uncouth remains and wants to remain this humanity here; and also to find that, at the first sign of actual disagreement, the racism against us resurfaces, the visceral rejection of the “others”. ... J.P. has come to help and goes on trimming the hedge quietly...

In regal calm you ride Abroad Attired and equipped

1032