Woke up at 6 after a slightly restless night. Woke up twice. By the time we reached the ghats, the sun was out and P was there. He seemed to be ok…took a boat to Mansarovar ghat and went to the Andhra place for breakfast. P had 2 idly's and 2 vada's and some filter coffee. We dropped in at SK cool care and then P suggested visiting Pallab Das ji. I was really looking forward to seeing him. We were ushered in and asked to wait upstairs in a dark and messy room. Instruments were lined up against one wall and there was stuff everywhere. After a brief wait he arrived. He said almost immediately with P in the room that he was really sad about P - that I need to take him back to Bangalore with me - that Benaras was a bad place and he was being spoilt. He praised P a lot. Said he was special - a special soul - a large heart and a unique talent… said he was picking up so fast and then suddenly something happened - what, was not very clear - and Pallab Das ji suspected P was on some drugs. This he told us after P abruptly took off. PD sang for us - and excluding the rather painful and unpleasant conversation about P it was a really special encounter. He was amazing - telling us that it was Basant (Spring) Panchami and singing Raag Basant.
We walked back and P asked me to get a collar and leash for Brownie. Both Gigi and I were wondering what to do about this dog… P was in his room when we got back and we tied the collar on - Brownie had not eaten and was looking rather listless. P too was pissed off - asking what right PD had to tell me to take him back… I left leaving Gigi with him and Gigi told me that P was really angry and once again told him all about the "event" and random occurrences around him continued to have meaning - the woman washing the ghats did it because she knew he had come - a passing stranger was trying to listen in on his conversation.
I met them a little later at Harmony. P went back to his room. When we got there he was lying down - he suggested lunch and were off to the pizza place after which we returned to the room. We saw Soni on the way and she was looking really sad and not making any eye contact with P. I'm sure this must be affecting him a lot.
The dog had still not eaten and had taken a dump outside P's room. We cleaned it up with water and then I suggested that we should take Brownie back to Shiv-Ganga and miraculously he was game. We walked on the ghats and occasionally this got quite hairy with all the other dogs - but we managed to reach the lodge - dropped him off and surprisingly P didn't meant Jona nor Patrick. Didn't drink Ramesh's Banana Lassi - and left very quickly - P looked sad - we got back to Kashi tea stall - had tea and then he retired. I went to the room much later - at around 6:15 and the lights were off and he was still asleep. I woke him. Said he needed to sleep. I watched Isaac's Benaras movie and started watching "Love Actually". P woke up really positive. We laughed watching the movie - he was his old self. We then went to Karki's for dinner and it was really pleasant - uneventful evening - he occasionally said things about the event - but I could see he was restraining himself. After dinner we stopped by one of the pandals which were everywhere in the city with an idol of Saraswati - there was a small group singing - and it was enjoyable - finally we dropped P to his room and came back to ours… its 12. Gigi's fast asleep.
We walked back and P asked me to get a collar and leash for Brownie. Both Gigi and I were wondering what to do about this dog… P was in his room when we got back and we tied the collar on - Brownie had not eaten and was looking rather listless. P too was pissed off - asking what right PD had to tell me to take him back… I left leaving Gigi with him and Gigi told me that P was really angry and once again told him all about the "event" and random occurrences around him continued to have meaning - the woman washing the ghats did it because she knew he had come - a passing stranger was trying to listen in on his conversation.
I met them a little later at Harmony. P went back to his room. When we got there he was lying down - he suggested lunch and were off to the pizza place after which we returned to the room. We saw Soni on the way and she was looking really sad and not making any eye contact with P. I'm sure this must be affecting him a lot.
The dog had still not eaten and had taken a dump outside P's room. We cleaned it up with water and then I suggested that we should take Brownie back to Shiv-Ganga and miraculously he was game. We walked on the ghats and occasionally this got quite hairy with all the other dogs - but we managed to reach the lodge - dropped him off and surprisingly P didn't meant Jona nor Patrick. Didn't drink Ramesh's Banana Lassi - and left very quickly - P looked sad - we got back to Kashi tea stall - had tea and then he retired. I went to the room much later - at around 6:15 and the lights were off and he was still asleep. I woke him. Said he needed to sleep. I watched Isaac's Benaras movie and started watching "Love Actually". P woke up really positive. We laughed watching the movie - he was his old self. We then went to Karki's for dinner and it was really pleasant - uneventful evening - he occasionally said things about the event - but I could see he was restraining himself. After dinner we stopped by one of the pandals which were everywhere in the city with an idol of Saraswati - there was a small group singing - and it was enjoyable - finally we dropped P to his room and came back to ours… its 12. Gigi's fast asleep.
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