Went to the ghat at 6:30 - P was there. He was in a really light mood - had chai. Gigi arrived a little later. Sunrise was lovely. Went to Aum cafe (Shivani Ma) for breakfast. It was a really nice time - P's always very relaxed. It really felt like he was now through with all the delusions and Kailash, the waiter, said he was looking different - and maybe metaphorically too. We went back to his room - I enjoyed my time - changed our room to Temple on Ganges. Came back and P was relaxing. He washed soon (unusual during the day - pre-lunch) and I slipped out once Anna reached the hotel. Met her and talked at length about the situation. We met P at his room - was very guarded and did not allow her in. Went to the ghat for chai. She was amazing. Got him to tell her everything and my feeling that he was now over his delusion since he hadn't spoken about it since yesterday afternoon was unfortunately unfounded.
She was very sympathetic - and asked him to come to Bangalore to share this with everyone - He said yes. He had been thinking about making the trip but was concerned about all the security checks and the effort… Gigi and I left him alone and went to Shiv-Ganga to get his sitar. When we got back he was standing a bit away from Anna - quiet. Decided to go to Harmony bookshop - after a bit he excused himself to go to the room and we remained there to discuss. Anna suspected drug use - fear of authority/uniformed police, etc. and TV and Gigi confirmed that P had indeed been caught for carrying drugs and had got out after bribing the cops heavily - this may have had a big impact on him.
P was very relaxed with Anna now and he played some of his instruments for her. We now had to slip out to meet Dr. Gupta and told P I'll take Anna out for a walk - show her some of the sights. Dr. Gupta said he needed to get back on medication - and so we decided we'd do it tonight - also Anna was going to try and get P to meet Dr. Gupta. Got back for dinner and the Assi road was jammed with Saraswati 'floats' all headed to the river for visarjan (immersion). It was loud and wild - people vigorously dancing - bright lights - very aggravating. Managed to convince P to come to Hayat for dinner. He was very guarded at dinner and I felt as though all the progress he/we had made had now come to naught. Dropped him back to his room and retired exhausted. 10:30pm.
She was very sympathetic - and asked him to come to Bangalore to share this with everyone - He said yes. He had been thinking about making the trip but was concerned about all the security checks and the effort… Gigi and I left him alone and went to Shiv-Ganga to get his sitar. When we got back he was standing a bit away from Anna - quiet. Decided to go to Harmony bookshop - after a bit he excused himself to go to the room and we remained there to discuss. Anna suspected drug use - fear of authority/uniformed police, etc. and TV and Gigi confirmed that P had indeed been caught for carrying drugs and had got out after bribing the cops heavily - this may have had a big impact on him.
P was very relaxed with Anna now and he played some of his instruments for her. We now had to slip out to meet Dr. Gupta and told P I'll take Anna out for a walk - show her some of the sights. Dr. Gupta said he needed to get back on medication - and so we decided we'd do it tonight - also Anna was going to try and get P to meet Dr. Gupta. Got back for dinner and the Assi road was jammed with Saraswati 'floats' all headed to the river for visarjan (immersion). It was loud and wild - people vigorously dancing - bright lights - very aggravating. Managed to convince P to come to Hayat for dinner. He was very guarded at dinner and I felt as though all the progress he/we had made had now come to naught. Dropped him back to his room and retired exhausted. 10:30pm.
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