On the flight from Manila to Hong Kong, there was a very hip Italian lady (with lots of tattoos and bleached white hair) sitting across from us with her five-year old daughter. Syamarani didi happened to have taken 5 Dasa Avatara coloring books from Manila. She told me to give one to the little girl, but I was too shy – thinking that the coloring book was a bit esoteric for the kid.

So then Syamarani didi said to the mother, we think your daughter will really like this coloring book and gave it to her. The kid was so happy! She was looking through it and said she really liked it. The mother even had crayons in her purse. So the kid got to immediately color Lord Rama! We also had a few [...] Click to read the full story