India, Jan. 15 -- It is high time to start investing and investigating ecological cost of holding the Kumbh
" Precariously poised between excitement and horror", is how I described my feelings six years ago on the eve of the inaugural bath at the Maha Kumbh in Allahabad. Not much has changed (except the name of Allahabad), perhaps a little more horror than excitement this time around.
I grew up in the ephemeral holy city of Hinduism and my parents still continue to live there. My mother messaged me yesterday that this is the best Kumbh ever: venue is super clean, water in the rivers is so clean that one can spot fishes swimming in it and there are WiFi hotspots at every corner. I have tried explaining to her that my issue is not with the ...