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Eat, Pray, Love – Julia Roberts in India

Oct 9

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‘Eat, Pray, Love’ – Actress Julia Roberts in North India for a Hollywood movie shoot!

“Life’s like a play: it’s not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”~Lucius Annaeus Seneca

We all know our favorite Indian mantra – Khao, Pio, aish karo! -Eat, drink, Enjoy life. And, now listen to this:
Superstar Julia Roberts has been in North India lately shooting for a Hollywood movie ‘Eat, Pray, Love’.
It seems as if they took our desi slogan above and twisted it.

Well, may be not the same slogan, but close! :)

Actually, the movie and the title is based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir. The book – ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ – is about her travels through Italy (Eating), India (Praying) and Indonesia (and love ) in search of personal restoration. It is an interesting and brave journey; she leaves behind everything, including her marriage, and ventures on a journey of self-discovery, looking for a balance in her life after the divorce followed by a failed love affair. Sounds movie material :) !

Julia Roberts, the Academy award winning actress kicked off the shooting for the Indian portion of the movie in a Hindu style, with a ‘hawan’ -the ritual with fire, prayer and the whole nine yard…
While little kids climbed the trees and rooftops, she filmed for the movie all over the places including in a small village in North India. It is a safe guess that there were lots of ‘praying’. The author, as per the memoir, spends many months in an Indian Ashram (religious hermitage) cleaning the floors and praying – searching for spirituality. Read the rest of this entry »

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Khao, pio, aish karo!- Eat, drink, enjoy life!

Sep 28

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In search of…’Khao, Pio, aish karo!’…abroad!

Let us eat and drink: for tomorrow we diet. ~Wendy Morgan

We all know the basic Indian Mantra of daily life- ‘Khao, pio, aish karo!’ : Eat, drink, enjoy life!
Many of us live by this simple but profound philosophy. Growing up, whenever in doubt, we have often taken shelter under the wide umbrella of this slogan! :)
Since landing in America years ago, I always wanted to find out if this desi mantra ‘Khao, pio, aish karo!’- ‘Eat, drink, enjoy life’, applies overseas as well. To verify my curiosity, I needed to find a swamy or a guru, who knows it ALL; someone with ultimate knowledge of life and its principles. That is how I stared my personal journey to look for a divine saint full of wisdom to answer this basic question. :)

I always thought that such a deep and thoughtful slogan has to be backed by some Indian religion. I was almost certain that it was from some ancient guide; may be a part of Lord Krishna’s preaching to Arjuna during the great battle of Kurukshetra….
So I went to see a pundit at the local Hindu temple. I was not surprised to see him sitting on a small dais with a laptop next to him. After the simple greeting and some chit-chat about Google versus Bing, I popped the question:
“Khao, pio, aish karo! – is the slogan from the Hindu religion?”
He laughed at first. After realizing that I was serious, he started to search something online. I could not wait to be enlightened, but I did not want to interrupt him and his thoughts…
Finally he spoke, “Nope”
“Are you sure?” I did not believe my ears.
“I swear by the holy book Gita, your so called mantra is not in there”, he sounded serious.
“It has to be in there!” I insisted as the priest shook his head again.
“No, it is not” He repeated.
“So, what should I do?” I was losing my faith.
The priest got closer to me and whispered, with a smile, “Khao, pio, aish karo!”
Bewildered, I walked away. Read the rest of this entry »

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