Chinmaya Mission (10)

Now I'm really pushing it. But in this ascetic environment, even a breadless bonda is more than one would have expected. But then some of these brahmacharis have quite a bit of worldly refuge still to cast off. Not for everyone is the path of action.

As for me, after a two-hour bus trip any thali would have done the trick. The one the ashram canteen was dishing out was quiescently greasy: a fat wad of puris, a pulao, some ghee-laden prasad, and to top it all off, like a big, fluffy cherry, the aforementioned potato ball. Pav sold separately.