Selective Amnesia

Trying to love India

Seth Stevenson’s trying hard to love India. Good read, very.

An excerpt:

But the truth is, I’m not quite wired to surrender my will to a higher power. And, getting back to my main point, I certainly don’t see why India should corner the market on spirituality. Why do we get all mystical and fuzzy-headed the moment we hit the subcontinent? Look at The Razor’s Edge—the W. Somerset Maugham classic I’ve been reading over here. Protagonist Larry Darrell begins as a run-of-the-mill Midwesterner. Then he goes to India. By the time he gets back, he’s received illumination and communed with the Absolute. Also, he has telekinetic powers.

I’m not sure I believe in the Absolute. But I do think I would enjoy having telekinesis. Mostly so I could alter the outcome of sporting events. (Oh, wide right! Too bad!)

[via Tilo]