Tips for Traveling in India

  • Start/End each encounter with namaste, along with Añjali Mudrā, the gesture of folding hands. 🙏🏾🙏🏾
  • Do not say anything to beggars and people selling on the street, including no thank you. It is best to simply ignore them. Any acknowledgment, positive or negative, encourages them.
  • India is our host. We are the guests. Find the culture in the history. Observe a Temple service. Explore the difference G@ds. Discover common ground.
  • Engage with people (except the beggars and the street sellers). These encounters are always informative and often lead to new opportunities. Accept the opportunities as they appear.
  • Be prepared for heat. Drink only bottled water. Take along every type of stomach medicine and a dose of antibiotic in case of travelers sickness/Delhi Belly.
  • Go with the flow. Nothing is in your control and trying to make it so will spoil your experience. BE HERE NOW.
  • Be yourself. Acknowledge your thoughts. Express your feelings. Face your fears. Accept your karma. Maintain faith in all-beings, especially cows.

🙏🏾NAMASTE🙏🏾

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Pittsburgh-based fiber artist, Louise Silk, creates art that combines aesthetics and functionality with meaning and memories. From the influence of a 1972 MS Magazine article to the current SILKDENIM label, her quilt experiences culminate in a display of her particular capacity to use her patchwork skills to piece together just about anything into an aesthetic meaningful whole.

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