Weekly Report
HpSwami – NIOS

Esteemed Doctor Samaresh Bandyopadhyay, Rama-giri-dhari Das et al,
Please accept our Pranams and best wishes for the New Year!  Jaya Sri Radhe-Shayam!

After intense week of finishing everything on off in Tennessee and then an intense day in transit in Houston, we have arrived to an intense, but rather manageable week in Mexico.

Prof. Dolores Chavez [Lalita-gopis Devi Dasi] is here and even during the Christmas vacations we are promoting our academic perspectives. She was very pleased with the English edition of ‘Solaris’ and I have given her the PDF to print more here.

On the 30^th , Friday, we will be in transit with Radhika and arrive in Delhi Saturday, 11.15PM. On Sunday we will present to 40-select members of their Youth Forum (get a chip for our cell phone…), Monday we will have the honor of lunch at Prof. Kalyan-kumar’s home. Then we will present him the English edition of ‘Solaris’ with his article and seek his perspective on how to proceed. We also want to do another interview with him, as with Professor, and subtitle it in Spanish as we did last visit.

[  ] What questions should we put in the interviews?

In the evening there will be a well-organized public program in the Temple.  The theme is the same as Madras, PASCATYA DESA TARINE: Srimad Bhagavatam and the Scientific Mind-set, with Professor Gupta and H.P. Swami. Some rest and Radhika goes to visit his ailing Grandmother.

Then, the Bhagavata Symposium in Madras. We hope to carry Bharata Sanskriti and Pracya-prajna for promotion at all these events!

[  ] Do we have the NIOS promotional card ready for publication.

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Monday, 9^th January, 13.45-hours we arrive in The City of Joy [Please only one elephant], and I guess you’ve seen some of the letters with the Mukunda and Purusottam. Shall we accommodate in the Albert Road Guest House. I love Calcutta.

[  ] Can we establish a permanent NIOS Secretariat in Kokata?

North East: Probably killed and eaten by a tiger who chants Harinam.

27^th – [Delhi] Vrndavana:

“15 May the land of Srila Vrndavana where Subala and the other wonderful cowherd boys, who are all dear friends of Sri Krsna, play, where Lalita and the other splendidly beautiful young gopis, who are all filled with love for Srimati Radharani, enjoy transcendental bliss, and where Sri Sri Radha-Krsna thirst to enjoy wonderful transcendental amorous pastimes day and night, become manifest in my heart.

16 To drink: the freely flowing st…”, Vrndavana Dhama Mahimanrta 1

Feb. 1^st – Pune????   The two Temple Vice-Presidents, Sriman Radhe-shyama Das put on the trail of Giri-vara-dari-gopal Das have not reported after five days! What has happened? !?

[  ] Let us fix the Calendar for Bombay. If we cannot contact Giri-vara-dhari [!], then I can ask Radha-Shyama Prabhu to host us and have very productive meetings with him about the ISKCON Ministry of Education and all we are doing with NIOS.

Feb. 1^st – 3^rd, Pune and 3^rd – 8^th Navi-mumbai, 8^th – 10^th Kolkata, 10^th – 13^th Mayapura, 14^th at 3AM, Delhi to Houston.

Professor, please excuse us for burdening you with these details but we hope you can fill in many days described here!  You are our Principal Advisor!!!

For the rest of the year.

Arrive in Houston, stay three days. Go to our base in Nashville. Return 1^st of March to join RGD on the Goloka Foundation and Gokula Kids development.

April we have basically suspended our participation in the Latin American ISKCON Regional Symposium on Education. They have not been able to make sufficient plans for a really effective program, after hours of research we can find no tickets really cheaper than $1,500 round trip.

May we are ready to buy tickets for a West Coast tour. We already have some academic contacts and Professor has his at the University of Washington. This would culminate in June 15^th -18^th with Fourth Annual, North American, Symposium on Education with ISKCON in Seattle.

Then, we bought tickets Houston – Lima – Houston, 21^st June – 26^th July. Five universities, Ambassador of India are  P U S H I N G  for a second symposium on psychology and the sacred in Lima. Of course, this is aiming to develop into a Global Event in 2018 with probable theme of Art and the Sacred. Even more of course, this would have to include the perspective of Sanskrit Culture.

[  ] Who can be on the Organizing Committee  for this 2018 event?

Ooof!   This letter is like our life.  We are under considerable pressure, but it seems to be balanced so we won’t get a heart attack or brain stroke.

Thank you. Will call tomorrow.
HpS