this is the way to sell India now

Sama · Oct 7th, 2009, 03:01

http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009...-to-boot-camp/

"The average day begins at 5:30 a.m. to the sound of bhajan…once up, patients participate in yogic kriyas – a process that induces controlled vomiting or purgation of the nasal, stomach and intestinal pipes…those prone to migraines are encouraged to insert a thin piece of rubbery wire through the nose and out the mouth. Asthma patients often swallow a thin muslin-like cloth down the esophagus to remove blockages. Others drink repeatedly a mixture of hot water, salt and cardamom....$1500 for an Executive Single Room or $8,000 for a Deluxe Hut a day "

for people with more money than sense....

wonderwomanusa · Oct 7th, 2009, 09:31

Yech.... if they put it that way, I'll never go again!

Brisso · Oct 7th, 2009, 09:59

Guantanamo Bay with room service ... there's one born every minute ...

nycank · Oct 7th, 2009, 10:30

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Originally Posted by Brisso

Guantanamo Bay with room service ... there's one born every minute ...

See Midnight Express and ... go visit the place where turkish hell was - Now a Four Seasons Hotel.

For about 400USD/night in a former cell

namaste_cat · Oct 7th, 2009, 11:27

$8,000 a day for "Deluxe" Sutra Neti etc. They make Boot Camp sound so good. Not! Thank God I'm not that rich!

Sama · Oct 7th, 2009, 11:29

the whole thing kinda grosses me out! if I had $8,000 a day to blow on India, it sure wouldn't be spent on colonics!

Nick-H · Oct 7th, 2009, 13:24

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But really? This is how they are trying to sell India now?

Typical journalistic hyperbole! But, at the same time, this tiny-minority-appeal market, strange though it may seem to us, obviously exists

.

Of course, what the article totally lacks, is any kind of explanation, reasoning or understanding. I'd guess that at least some of this stuff is ayurvedic, on the sole basis that I've heard of the swallowing cloth thing in that context.

I guess it will appeal to some of the more extreme "health"-fanatic freaks out there --- and the ones with money, of course. Mind you, many travellers head for luxury resorts in Kerala for the ayurvedic practitioners as much as the views; I met a guy at Coconut Lagoon who was just coming to the end of a three month stay for treatment for a back problem. It was never a cheap place to stay, although he probably got a good deal.

Only thing is, can't you imagine the same kind of journalist really trashing the 10-day vipassana course?

Even allowing for hyperbole and journalistic sensationalism, though, this stuff certainly wouldn't sell India to me!

(afterthought... I bet someone sets up a similar centre in California and becomes a millionare

)

Sama · Oct 7th, 2009, 21:11

I think the author was objecting to "selling India" as "Nature's Boot Camp" as per the article she mentions from the Jakarta paper. The hook for the article on the homepage is "When you want to bring the Westerners in, just sell them an expensive and intense way to lose weight."

Because her first question is "What should be the first thing that pops into your mind about India? Apparently, an expensive version of ‘The Biggest Loser.’"

"The Biggest Loser" is a TV show here where morbidly obese people battle, so to speak, to lose weight, and then there's a "winner."

but hey, who needs to spend $1500 a day to lose weight? Just eat some jam cakes in Cochin and you'll become svelte and lean like I did on the "India Diet"!

it was a great way to lose a dozen pounds in a week!

Nick-H · Oct 7th, 2009, 21:52

The "Biggest Loser" reference, you'll not be surprised to hear, escaped me entirely. Thanks for explaining.

You could make a fortune on your jam-cake diet idea. Another selling point is that it also ensures fair skin. You were very, very pale

!

Sama · Oct 8th, 2009, 00:39

I was indeed a pale grey! seriously, looking back on it, I was in trouble...the disorientation I was feeling was a prelude to something more serious....so I was told by a nurse....

that 18 hr. flight back home was hell, but at least I had plenty of water!

Nick-H · Oct 8th, 2009, 01:56

All I can do is apologise that it didn't occur to us to get you to swallow a length of cloth

Sama · Oct 8th, 2009, 06:03

I would have hit you, even in my weakened condition.

abracax · Oct 8th, 2009, 09:40

And guess what you get to drink for breakfast. Here's a hint: shivambu.

Nick-H · Oct 8th, 2009, 16:53

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Originally Posted by Sama

I would have hit you, even in my weakened condition.

Very good!

--- and very justified

lkowallah · Oct 9th, 2009, 09:59

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Originally Posted by abracax

And guess what you get to drink for breakfast. Here's a hint: shivambu.

Would that be equivalent to the Morarji Desai diet?

Oct 7th, 2009, 03:01	#1
Sama a pain in the asana Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: the India inside my heart Posts: 6,421	this is the way to sell India now http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009...-to-boot-camp/ "The average day begins at 5:30 a.m. to the sound of bhajan…once up, patients participate in yogic kriyas – a process that induces controlled vomiting or purgation of the nasal, stomach and intestinal pipes…those prone to migraines are encouraged to insert a thin piece of rubbery wire through the nose and out the mouth. Asthma patients often swallow a thin muslin-like cloth down the esophagus to remove blockages. Others drink repeatedly a mixture of hot water, salt and cardamom....$1500 for an Executive Single Room or $8,000 for a Deluxe Hut a day " for people with more money than sense.... __________________ *MY INDIA, 2005-2008* "Once you have felt the Indian dust, you will never be free of it." (Rumer Godden, 1975)

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wonderwomanusa Maha Guru Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 4,261	Yech.... if they put it that way, I'll never go again! __________________ The map is not the territory. --Alfred Korzybski

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