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I have returned....

Well, after a few months of inactivity, I've returned the blog. I ended up dealing with the supreme disillusion that India instilled in me about people in general. It was an intense trip, and there were many lessons to be learned. I still encounter those who think India is a holy country, and I find this laughable. All land is holy. What is so special about India? The putrid water, the millions of people who defecate in the streets, the diseases, and all its splendor and squalor? Well, I guess for some people, who cannot put their finger on what it is about India, then yes.

To say that India is a land of contrasts is an understatement. The thing about India that was so amazing is that you will NEVER see those things in that combination ANYWHERE ELSE in the world. Of course, you could say that about any place, or any time, I know. But, India offers visual stimuli that are simply not encountered elsewhere. India also drains your mental endurance, and after a while, you either break, as many tourists from the UK do, or you just laugh at it, because its a joke, and your a joke for being there.

Then, the whole thing is pretty funny. All the squirrels running around trying to get nuts. Everybody is up in the kool aid, and nobody knows the flavor. Its pretty hilarious, actually, and then you extend this understanding to the rest of the world, and you see what a bunch of clowns everyone is, and what a circus this whole thing is!

I suppose, its wrong to compare the rest of the world to India, since the gulf of differences is huge, however, that country exists HERE and now, and the only thing separating us from them is a very small amount of something we call money. Anyway, its was an intense trip. I wanted to leave some kind of a conclusion here. In the future, the blog will move onto more pressing matters.

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