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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;">« Y adonde no hay amor, ponga amor y sacara amor : Là où il n'y a pas d'amour, mettez l'amour et vous extrairez l'amour. »</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;"><strong>St Jean de la Croix</strong> (1542-1591), <em>Lettre à Maria de la Encarnacion de Ségovie</em>, <em>in</em> "Obras del mistico Doctor San Juan de la Cruz...", Édition du P. Gerardo de San Juan de la Cruz, T.III, Tolède, 1912-1914.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;"><img id="media-6089744" style="margin: 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://www.chemindamourverslepere.com/media/00/00/2371913196.jpg" alt="desert_fleur_10a.jpg" /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;">(<span style="color: #008080;"><a style="color: #008080;" href="https://sazveyorum.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/cicek1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crédit photo</a></span>)</span></p>
IndianSamouraihttp://www.indiandacoit.com/about.htmlWhy in India people burp when eating (or at any other point of time)tag:www.indiandacoit.com,2013-10-26:52010242013-10-26T08:00:00+02:002013-10-26T08:00:00+02:00 Me: Hello, how are you today? My colleague: I’m not too good,...
<ul><li><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Me: Hello, how are you today?</span> </li><li><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">My colleague: I’m not too good, I’ve got gas.</span></li></ul><p> <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Oh Lord, gaaas??? How graceful! So for one thing my question was rhetorical and for another thing, gas??? Oh, this is gonna be a long, long day…</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">I wrote in August 2008 that while I "was peacefully walking in the street, a tiny old woman, passing by my side, let go of such a powerful burp that I would have been less shocked if she had called me a dirty bitch...". </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Five years later, this topic is still big for me; for instance I recently had to inform one of my managers that if he wanted to promote one of his sales guys one day, he would have to start by asking him to stop burping all the time. This PIG makes me lose my appetite every time we eat together. He burps a good ten times during the meal. And not the small burps eh, no he goes all out, gives everything he has... </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">It is perhaps socially accepted (even appreciated) in India but when you work for an international company, you have to know the customs of your colleagues to avoid shocking your CEO visiting your country for a couple of days (and also losing all credit – yes I know, it’s sad but it is like this, we judge based on appearances...)</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">I</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN"> am no one to give moral lessons to an Indian who would let out a huge fart in a train. But when my colleague blew my right ear with his burp, at a moment I was least expecting it (I was sitting in the car and on the phone), I forbade him very strongly to ever repeat this with me, ever again... So that we could share a good professional understanding. I do my best to adapt but I must admit, it is really hard when it comes to all these body noises...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">It is actually probably the right thing to do and let the nature do, mind you but I just can't! Indians farts and burps a lot because 1. They don't restrain themselves, 2. They eat a lot of spicy food (which increases gases). Simple!</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Here is what I had found on the burping theme at the time:</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">I asked myself “why am I such a prude?”, “why, even after 2 years, I still lose my<a href="http://www.indiandacoit.com/media/02/01/1995533268.jpg" target="_blank"><img id="media-4294708" style="float: right; margin: 0.2em 0 1.4em 0.7em;" title="" src="http://www.indiandacoit.com/media/02/01/630376342.jpg" alt="Rot.jpg" /></a> appetite when an Indian guy burps loudly in the middle of a meal or why hearing someone clearing his throat in the restaurant sink gives me nausea? Why do I feel like slapping my Indian boss when he farts during a meeting?</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Bah… I think that's CUL-TU-RAL... In Asia and the Middle East, a good eructation means that one has enjoyed the meal. In the Western world it is downright "yucky" (quote from the net which I fully support).</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">And yet, yet... These burping things have long been accepted in the West too.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">For example, in the Roman empire:</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">"Burping at the table was a politeness justified by philosophers who thought that following the nature was the wisest thing to do." Pushing further this doctrine, the Emperor Claudius had taken an edict authorizing emitting other gaseous sounds. In his epigrams, Martial shows off to his hosts by calling with a snap of fingers the slave who brings them the urinal and helps them to use it. Finally, it was common to see, at the end of the cena, vomit soiling the precious mosaics of the floor. “ </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(1) </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Then in the Middle-Age </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(2)</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN"> (and you'll see that we are not far from the India of today!): </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">At the time, we ate very spicy food (and this causes gases (and Indians eat very spicy)); this was the era of spicy stews. </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(3) </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Food is caught with the hands (which are regularly dipped in bowls of herbs to disinfect and perfume – <em>fingerballs</em>!). </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(4)</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">And people spat: "In the Middle Age, spitting was not only a custom, but also a natural need. The only restrictions that apply the courteous knights were to not spit on the table or across the table, but only under the table. » </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(5) </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">And finally at the Renaissance (I think this is the time burping started to become gross in Europe):</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">“Table manners appear in the nobility around 1530 following the publication of a book entitled <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Civilitas morum puerilium</span> by Erasmus.” </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(6)</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN"> Mundane meals became a sort of show where everyone shows off to be recognised for his rank. Catherine de Medici (1519-1589) brought the fork (with two teeth), fine earthenware and glassware, but we continued to eat with the fingers. At the table, the banks of the Middle-Age were replaced by individual seats, the towel became routine: it was very big to protect the flanges. On the tables, spices were easy to grab and they started serving meals with some order: it began with fruits, then gruels, the roasts or the grills, to finish by desserts. » </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;" lang="EN">(7) </span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Record:</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN"><img id="media-4294846" style="float: left; margin: 0.2em 1.4em 0.7em 0;" title="" src="http://www.indiandacoit.com/media/01/02/523713791.jpg" alt="india,table manner,farting,burping,eructation" />I did a small research and this is not an Indian who holds the record for the world loudest burp - they could, mind you, they already hold the record of longest hairs in the ears! (see <a title="post" href="http://www.indiansamourai.com/archive/2008/02/08/histoires-de-poils-dans-les-oreilles.html" target="_blank">post</a>) - but a British, Hunnwhose burp reached 118.1 decibels (the equivalent of a chain saw in operation).</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">Quotes:</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="FR">·</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="FR"> </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">"Why don't you burp or fart? Has this meal displeased you? “ <a title="Martin Luther" href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=fr&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMartin_Luther" target="_top"><span style="color: #17365d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Martin Luther</span></a></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="FR">.</span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="FR">·</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="FR"> </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">"Snobbery is a Champagne bubble that hesitates between fart and burp.” <a title="Serge Gainsbourg" href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=fr&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSerge_Gainsbourg" target="_top"><span style="color: #17365d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Serge Gainsbourg</span></a></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="FR">·</span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="FR"> </span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">"Who does not burp nor fart is doomed to explode.": <a title="Érasme" href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=fr&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25C3%2589rasme" target="_top"><span style="color: #17365d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Erasmus</span></a></span><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="FR">.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">(1) Source: emperors - Roman .net</span> </p><p><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;" lang="EN">(2) <a href="http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=fr&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiansamourai.com%2Fmedia%2F02%2F01%2F603180076.pdf" target="_top"><span style="color: #17365d; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Article_Guidecasa.com_Le middle ages to table.pdf</span></a></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #17365d; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';
IndianSamouraihttp://www.indiandacoit.com/about.htmlMy favorite quotes on India!tag:www.indiandacoit.com,2012-11-22:48967202012-11-22T08:02:00+01:002012-11-22T08:02:00+01:00 “India is like hotel California, you can check out anytime you want but...
<p><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“India is like hotel California, you can check out anytime you want but you can never leave.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Holy Cow! An Indian adventure</span></span></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">, Sarah MaccDonald</span></em></span></p><p><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“India is rather like a wave – resist it and you will be knocked over, but throw yourself in and you will come out the other side.”</span></span></p><p><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</span></span></em></p><p><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 9pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“Do you think anything could prepare you to India? It is like a giant onion. Every layer you peel gives way to new elements that you know nothing about.”</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">East of the Sun</span></span></em><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #403152; font-size: 8pt; mso-themecolor: accent4; mso-themeshade: 128; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">, Julia Gregson</span></em></span></p><p> </p>