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one of the greatest photographers of the twentieth century, and the
back of the book blurb said, “…leads you to clear-eyed conscious-
ness without drugs”.

I read the book once, twice, thrice, and the scalpel-like words
finally cut through my addled brain.

They cut off the mooring of thought and allowed object-less aware-
ness to surface.

I was ecstatic. It was as if my skull was filled with light.
I wrote an airmail letter to the address at the back of the book,
stating my intention to help this gentleman in his objective of
changing society through education. The addressee was the Krish-
namurti Foundation of the USA.

They dutifully sent the letter back to the Krishnamurti Foundation
India, who asked me to meet Ms Pupul Jayakar since she was in
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Mumbai.

She gave me sage advice, “Look son, we don’t know how life
changes, so at least finish your college degree, you don’t know
when you might need it, and then go teach. After all, it’s just two
more years.”

Two years later, on the day I finished my practical exams for my
organic chemistry degree, I was on a train to Mughalsarai.

My family stood on the platform, helpless against my madness.

“What will you teach?”

I don’t know.

“How much will they pay you?”

“I don’t know.”

“How long will you be gone?”

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