Inside I met an American women, the Ashram manager, maybe a flower generation hippie in her youth. She told me the activities are based on Osho's way and the founder of this Ashram, a desciple of his was off to Russia where Osho apparently gained popularity and so he leads some workshops there.

I got a room for steep (for me...) Rs. 350 a day but that included any activity I would like to join, as well as access to the free kitchen and pantry (cook-it-yourself style).

Being so happy to have a western equiped kitchen, I got to cook for all the residents, just in the passion to be creative and nurturing oters. Just have a litle 'restaurant'. In the days to come, in between the Kundalini mediation and the silent ones, My new German Friend, Freimut the makiata-morning-coffee-wala and myself crafted a different meal everyday: Israeli, Italian... I can't even remember what other projects we took.

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Samdarshi Ashram - Kakhnal - Open kitchen Israeli dinner - Shakshuka Tahini Pita and lemonade - with Freimut and me cooking - near Manali Himachal Pradesh India - Feature story photo jpgmag