{"id":13393,"date":"2019-08-02T01:03:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T01:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=13393"},"modified":"2019-08-02T01:04:23","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T01:04:23","slug":"dimpex-nana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/?p=13393","title":{"rendered":"Dimpex &#038; Nana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Above &#8211; Having chai with Nana in the rickshaw.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>These lovely people (Sudhir and his wife, Alka) are the owners of Dimpex, the establishment where I have my OBYoga t-shirts batiked. I brought 66 t-shirts with me &#8211; 52 short sleeve (4 crew neck\/48 v-neck) and 14 long sleeve hoodies. They took up one entire carry-on sized suitcase and a third of my check-in bag. It&#8217;s very moist here because of the rain so it&#8217;ll take a long time for the t-shirts to dry in between colors, and I probably won&#8217;t get them back until just before I leave. I&#8217;m really excited to see how the long sleeve hoodies turn out. With the exception of only one small t-shirt which is going to be pink, all the rest are being done in purple, green or blue. Designs for this batch are Ganesha (as seen hanging in the background), 2 elephants, and the Om symbol in a lotus petal. I&#8217;m very excited!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13390\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7189-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Views from the rickshaw &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13391\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7194-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/058CDFD0-9960-4A0D-AF74-5B968009AD5A\/Library\/Caches\/Media\/thumbnail-p8589-2732x2732.jpeg\" class=\"size-full\" data-wp_upload_id=\"x-coredata:\/\/0AAEE98F-FEEC-477B-8B60-3CD5E6DEE4A0\/Media\/p8589\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13394\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7198-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Nana took Jill to the phone store and I tagged along because, well, there&#8217;s never a dull moment on a rickshaw ride. These motorcycles and motor scooters were parked outside the phone store. I&#8217;m not sure what happens when the person who owns the motorcycle in the middle needs to get out. As it turns out, Jill didn&#8217;t get a SIM card here because it was going to take <strong><em>10 DAYS<\/em><\/strong> for the card to activate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13398\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7199-1-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the rickshaw &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13400\" width=\"1600\" height=\"911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202-600x342.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202-768x437.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202-1500x854.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7202-624x355.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13401\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7203-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We passed the Hotel Sapna. I took this picture and texted it to my friend, Sapna.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13404\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7206-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next phone store had a &#8220;Server Room.&#8221; I wasn&#8217;t sure if there&#8217;s a real server behind the door or if it&#8217;s called that because there&#8217;s a coffee maker in there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13406\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7209-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sidewalk art. I believe this is some kind of education center.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13407\" width=\"1600\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210-600x267.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210-1500x668.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7210-624x278.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13408\" width=\"1600\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211-600x285.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211-1500x713.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7211-624x296.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the scene at every intersection where there&#8217;s a street light.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13409\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7212-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At our drop off, outside our flat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13410\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7214-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Later in the day we went for a walk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13411\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7215-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13412\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7216-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very small alter set up on the side of the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13413\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7217-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13414\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7218-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Through the gates of the Hare Krishna Temple just down the street from our flat, hence why the name of our street is Hare Krishna Mandir.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13416\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7220-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13417\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/img_7221-624x832.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Prashant &#8211; Do you &#8220;do&#8221; yoga or do you &#8220;know&#8221; yoga? Yoga is not to be &#8220;done,&#8221; It is to be &#8220;known.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Blogged on Amma&#8217;s iPad with LOVE from Pune.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Above &#8211; Having chai with Nana in the rickshaw. These lovely people (Sudhir and his wife, Alka) are the owners of Dimpex, the establishment where I have my OBYoga t-shirts batiked. I brought 66 t-shirts with me &#8211; 52 short sleeve (4 crew neck\/48 v-neck) and 14 long sleeve hoodies. They took up one entire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13393"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13424,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13393\/revisions\/13424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.obyoga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}