Jack arrived in Delhi last night at the airport where I met him after his long flight from Newark. We went to the Aurobindo Ashram, which is such a good place to make the transition from the States to India. It is a very welcoming community of fellow travelers, many of whom seek spiritual renewal through the Mother's interpretation of Sri Aurobindo's wisdom.
At lunch today I learned that Aurobindo was among one of the earlier Indians to speak out against the British Raj's empire in India. The British arrested him at one point, and sent him to a trial. Aurobindo, an Indian who had graduated first in his class at Cambridge University, found himself sitting in a courtroom where the judge was the person who had graduated second in the same class at Cambridge. Once he was released, Aurobindo went to the French colony of Pondicherry to establish his ashram in southeastern India along the Bay of Bengal where the British could no longer interfere with his work.
Dilawar Chet Singh will meet our delegation at the ashram on Saturday morning at 9:00 and take us to the Lott Carey Baptist Mission's agency that works closely with HIV/Aids patients. We will return to the ashram at noon when Archana will have arrived from her night train from Itarsi. At 3:00 in the afternoon our group is fortunate to be able to meet with Subba Rao, India's leading Gandhian who will have just returned from Assam in northeastern India where he has been doing peace work.
At lunch today I learned that Aurobindo was among one of the earlier Indians to speak out against the British Raj's empire in India. The British arrested him at one point, and sent him to a trial. Aurobindo, an Indian who had graduated first in his class at Cambridge University, found himself sitting in a courtroom where the judge was the person who had graduated second in the same class at Cambridge. Once he was released, Aurobindo went to the French colony of Pondicherry to establish his ashram in southeastern India along the Bay of Bengal where the British could no longer interfere with his work.
Dilawar Chet Singh will meet our delegation at the ashram on Saturday morning at 9:00 and take us to the Lott Carey Baptist Mission's agency that works closely with HIV/Aids patients. We will return to the ashram at noon when Archana will have arrived from her night train from Itarsi. At 3:00 in the afternoon our group is fortunate to be able to meet with Subba Rao, India's leading Gandhian who will have just returned from Assam in northeastern India where he has been doing peace work.
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