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...black kanchalia and a billowing scarlet skirt, scarlet headshawl, heavy silver bangles, toe rings and silver nose ring. Odia then placed on her forehead a silver lingam, a highly stylized phallic symbol hung from a silver chain, and led her to a place where, at the behest of a guru (priest), 84 Shaktas and their wives had assembled in a secluded place for the ceremony of kanchalia dharam...
Under the intoning guru's direction, the Shakta women and Naji took off their blouses and put them in a large earthenware jar, and the group drank liquor and feasted on goat flesh. But when Naji discovered the meaning of the ceremony, she refused to participate further. "You must take part in our sacrament," said the guru. Husband Odia also insisted. When her blouse was drawn from the jar, Naji ran off into the darkness...
...people of India celebrate national holidays on the birthdays of Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Mahatma Gandhi, Guru Nanak (a Sikh religious leader) and the Hindu gods Rama and Krishna. Last week the Indian government added a new birthday to the list. The addition: Gautama Buddha, founder of the great religion which has successfully invaded China, Japan, Siam, Burma, Ceylon, but has fallen off in his native India...
What manner of being is an egghead? Do you mean a sort of Martini-sipping Guru of beer-guzzling disciples? Or just anyone in whom intellect surpasseth understanding? . . . Perhaps . . . your readers can give us a clarifying definition of this intriguing word coinage ... So many of TIME'S readers in your Letters column acknowledge being eggheads, we should certainly be able to pin this thing down...
Ranjan Sen, and his beautiful wife. After eating modestly (vegetables and strawberry parfait), the guru rose to make a speech about "spiritual India." He ended it with a quotation from one of his own poems...