US Diary (06-Nov-2023)
It was the last Saturday of September and Dr. Suma, a busy practicing psychiatrist, whom I was meeting for the first time, gave us a visit at 10 AM. She hails from Karnataka, India. She was so friendly that within a short time, I felt like she was one amongst us. Her son and Ajay were baseball buddies. After chatting for a while and having lunch with us, she bid goodbye. As the weather forecast warned for a cold evening, we were a bit hesitant to go out. Eventually, we decided to visit and worship in the BAPS Swamy Narayan temple, which has gained fame and name as "Akshardham" all around the world by now. It took more than an hour to reach the temple located in Robbinsville, New Jersey. When we were nearing the temple, we were astounded to see that all roads leading to the holy shrine were crowded with snail pacing different makes of cars. We finally managed to reach the vast, free, parking lot of the temple. Many a security staff were there directing...