Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna.

AGTSP. Paoho. Little overcast. Some dust and smoke in the air. We are out near the airport. Lots of empty land away from the road here. Temple is quite Oriental looking.

Not strong emphasis on Japa and SB here. More on Arati, Kirtan, manual service and good Prasadam.

We are half way through the Disciple Reports - like 34 done and 32 to go. It is interesting, we only formally have 66-disciples. That even seems mangeable.

Few reporters are behind on ther rounds. 90% following four regs. Everyone doing good service. We are asking to hear about their families a little more, here in the Blog. Without the help of the family, participation of the family, even as critics sometimes, how can we be doing good service. Of course, some are STRONG brahmacaris (:>>>====>) head toward Sannyasa(??). They need nice administrative authority. Sannyasis administrating B'caris.

O.K. Now we should prepare for the NOI seminar, day two. About four ladies and 8 gents. Finished into to the course and Preface and Text One yesterday. Chanting the Goswami Astaka.

Trying to fix the calendar for USA when we get back. Abhirama Das says Ambassador may not help in our relations with San Marcos because he feels we are religious.

Hmmm. Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!!

Checked the Blog for any URGENT letters.

AGTSP

paoho

Did another 7 reports! Fighting fever from all the dust blowing in the wind in Manipur. Many people wear masks. Culture is incredible here. Gave class this morning. Told a lot of stories. Very simple, nice devotees here. Now in 33-minutes we start our NOI seminar. About 200-devotees will eventually come from all over the North East. We worked a lot on the NOI study guide and talked with Rama-gir-dhara Das about the NIOS/MOE calendar, and Dr. Samaresh ran his heart out to get the paper to the printer to get Siksa Darsha on line for 19th March release.

Hare Krsna!!!!

"The preacher of Krsna katha is always beyond the clutches of death", NOI-1

AgtASP Paoho. We are in Manipura. It is 2.08PM. We are only partially destroyed by mosquitos, malaria and dengue like flies. The weather is a little cold but nice. It is so remote here. More remote than Kolkata. If you are from Peru or California you cannot imagine how different it is here or in Kolkata. A different world.

We should be dead.

Maybe we are dead.

We started answering the Disciple Reports. We got like 7-done and the web-page won't post them. Happens for some time.

We will give NOI seminar here and go to one wedding and one university program.

Dr. Samaresh has almost published the next book, but got very dizzy from fatigue so had to wait one day. Now we take a quick bath and leave for Thoubal, the wedding, 1/2-hour from here. Is very different culture. We hope you all can come to Manipur next year. We should make a movie. Adventure/detective movie.

Hare Krsna.

Starting to get hot in India. Still not too many mosquitos. Temple is CROWDED on Sunday. Nava-yogendra Swami was supposed to give SB class today but he was sick so we were enlisted. Then we had to step into the car from the Vyasa-asana into the car, Kolkata traffic, and after dogging two pigs running we climbed six flights of stairs in the dark and came out on the roof where all the Book Distributors from all the Bhakta-vrksa Programs were assembled with a roaring Kirtan to get ENLIVENING INSTRUCTIONS from HpSwami about the Marathon.

He was terrified but Krsna gave a good class.

More fruit. Back in the Car. Back to the Temple. Bath, Gayatri, Lunch (Saved from Breakfast). World Classical Literature. Nap.

Worrying. Why is Prof. Samaresh not calling?!! We were supposed to see Sanjaya (the type-setter) today. No call. No call. Do mail. Listen to chaos of five Sunday Feast programs below.

Rtu-raja K Das cousin called. We gave his number..

Srinivasa Das called by accident. We were happy by accident. We talked for 30-minutes.

We ansered letters.

Prof. Called. Printer whome we met last night NEVER SENT THE QUOTE for printing Siksa Drsa tha he promised last night! No reason to travel today to see Sanjaya. Seems good. Too much.

Tomorrow the Gaudiya matha wants us for lunch, meet other printer, record interview with Professor, get signed contract with printer, go to paper supplier, go to see Sanjaya, ask PKD to check in for us and pay Rupees 200 for seat in rows 11-20. They board first.

Then return to Temple.

Ha! Ha! Three more years and we can retire in Radha-kunda?

Join us.

Now we go down for Arati.

AGTSP paoho. They are 4.08AM. In room 301 of the ISKCON Kolkata Guest house with Rtu-raja-krsna Das. Now we go to Mangala arati and then at 5.45AM the bus leaves for Mayapura. Every day we travel 1.5 hours in the taxi to work with Dr. Samaresh for NIOS.

Our laryngitis is rfeduced to 25% but still there with subtle fever. Maybe it will improve when we get into the country atmosphere of Mayapura.

Answered the letters marked URGENT and want to get to letter from Dhruva/Australia, Chaitanya caran Das and others.

HK/HR

Oink! Oink! Whoop! Whoop!

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama, Jaya Sri Vrndavana Dhama.

Here we are in the ISKCON Kolkata Guest House. We had a good Ministry of Education (MOE), North American Regional Representatives, meeting from 8.00-9.00AM. Our fever is almost gone, but our voice is still weak. The move from the Temple to the airport was fast, so we were in the airport for 3-hours before we flew to Kolkata. Slept well on the airplane. No one wanted to talk.

Purusottama Kesava Das and Pankaj met us and about 30-minutes to the Temple, bath, laundry soap, Gaura-arati, purchase a bit KRSNA book for this room, HOT MILK on the roof in the B'cari ashrama.

Some mosquitos.

Talked with Dr. Samaresh.

Now some world classical literature an take rest.

We should do the Kapi-Dhavaja but the travel has been exhausting.

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!

The Holy Names are a gift of Gaura-Nityananda, Narottama Das Thakura, Srila Prabhupada. If we take Them we can find an eternal place in Vrndavana under the shelter of the Manjaris.