India, Day 1: continued…

Geeta prepared homemade chapati, dal (lentil soup), rice, and bhindi* for lunch. She brings all of it in from the kitchen sits me down to eat.
 
Geeta: [telling me stories]
Me: [listening to her]
Geeta: [alarmed] but why are you not eating?!! Eat now!
Me: ope! [ eats ]
Geeta: Now you take rest.
Me: [thinking: It’s 10:30 am! I’m not even tired!] Um?
Geeta: [insistent] You rest.
Me: [sleeps for SEVEN HOURS] ack… I guess I was tired?
Geeta: Good. You eat now.
 
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I have never been so clearly understood in my life: eat, sleep, eat again!
 
So far: best trip ever.
 
*Bhindi is the Hindi word for okra—not to be confused with bindi, which is a mark worn on the forehead

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