District Kangra
tea country.
from the roof
panoramic valley views at sunset
here one gets just a tease of the Himalayas
we got fresh snow in the mountains yesterday
its May.
but the rivers are dry
choked by the heat
and the heap of plastic bottles
biscuit wrappers
tires
some afternoons
thunder storms blow through
intense, urgent in their will
to unravel
the most stoic flagpoles
as i walk to the town from deer park
chirping birds give way
to barking dogs
to honking taxis
to trucks rumbling thru
with daily loads of rocks
from the river
it is saka dawa
one of the holiest months in the buddhist calendar
and the whirring of large prayer wheels
chants and the tinkling of tea cups
permeates the tibetan settlement community center.
it is believed this month
the merit of good deeds are
multiplied many thousands of times.
(Pictured: Deer Park temple, a detail from one of the murals at Dzongsar Institute in Chauntra, Geeti and I for a walk down to the river, and the mani stones at Chokling Monastery.)
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