We were about to be brainwashed

we went to pondicherry, it was really weird. i kept saying to carla that I didn't feel like I was in India. The french influence was definately seen in the architecture. Although there was nothing really special about my spaghettiSeveral of the restaurants that we went to, I was the only Indian person dining there--the rest of the people were all white with all indians serving them. It was so weird.

while there we went to this weird ashram that felt more like a cult: we weren't allowed to go to the "compound" (yes they called it that) until we had watched a five minute video. I was convinced we were about to be brainwashed. The people that lived at the ashram were mostly old white hippies. The whole idea is that they are trying to build a city in south india that is international, based on human unity. You have to renounce all religions and symbols to join, and then they give you a new symbol--a crystal ball to focus on in the middle of their all white interior "temple". anyway im not going to waste more time explaining it. If you really want to know here is the website: http://www.auroville.org/ Posted by rupastotle at 4:51 AM