Back to Madhira

29 August, 2019

My stay in Hyderabad is over. I returned to Madhira to stay a few nights with Sumathi, Suresh et all, and then will go to the meditation retreat. I'm very excited!

It's always luxurious staying with the Kolluru's. Sumathi is an instinctual hostess, always handing me something to eat and thinking about my comfort. I arrived and was handed this delicious plate of spicy-fried-rice-dough. Mmmmm.

I've kind of given up fighting her hospitality with attempts to help. I did the dishes one day when everyone went to a funeral (they wouldn't have let me if they were home). There is no sink, only a patio behind the house where they keep buckets of water. It's nice to have so much room to work, but being hunched-over, sweating, and losing a fight against the mosquitoes is not so nice. I can't believe she does it every day.

Panja Tataya (Sumathi's Dad) caught me right as I was finishing, and he was genuinely angry. Sumathi thought it was funny, and talked about how men and children don't do the dishes. I think Panja Tataya was angry at my violating that. #genderpolitics

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