The bloggers of Sepia Mutiny would like to take a minute to thank our readers for putting us over the 100,000 “visits” mark within the last couple of hours. What started as a mere Mutiny is now a full scale Insurrection. Our lucky 100,000th visitor, Mr. Jagjit Popatlal of Bangor, Maine, has received a special invitation to visit the staff of Sepia Mutiny at our non-descript North Dakota headquarters. We believe in giving back to the amazing community that has brought us to where we are (wherever the heck that is) and felt this was an appropriate manner in which to show our appreciation. As part of his prize package weekend, Mr. Popatlal will get a behind the scenes tour of what it takes for us to keep you coming back to this blog for more. First he will learn the truth about what’s really inside Anna’s closet. Admit it, you all want to know. Next he will slide down a poll into the reclusive Ennis’ secret office and learn how to be mysterious. Once properly trained by Ennis in the art of deep cover, Mr. Popatlal will accompany the ever erudite Vinod into enemy (i.e. progressive) territory to learn some of the methods we use to “extract” information for the eventual use on this blog, and as a bonus he will also learn why small government is good. After lunch Mr. Popatlal will meet with Apul. In all honesty he could care less about Apul but is only interested in meeting him because of the rumor that Apul is a close friend of Super Jagjit. Mr. Popatlal apparently idolizes Super Jagjit with whom he shares a first name. Toward the evening Mr. Popatlal will have the pleasure of Sajit’s company. Together they will attend a Broadway musical on the main street in Bismarck. Sajit is definitely not happy about having to relocate “just for this friggin’ blog,” as he put it. Finally, Mr. Jagjit Popatlal will end his grand tour over drinks with the suave Manish Vij. By the end of the night they will be speaking to each other ONLY in sentences of poetic word play. These skills taught by Manish will help him with the ladies in Maine when he returns to his normal life. Where will I be during all this? Someone must man the Blog.

If you wish that YOU would have won this prize weekend instead of some chump from Maine, then I encourage you to be the 200,000th visitor. Continue reading →

Are you tired? Huddled? Massive?

Yearning to be problem-free?

Well then, put down that New York Times and fold your hands together–but don’t say a western “hello”–to the man who has India’s Supreme Court judges and other VIPs at his feet(for blessings, natch):

It was 4:30 a.m., the stars were still out and Swami Ramdev was ready to begin the day’s yoga lesson. His 12,000 students watched raptly as he sat wearing little more than a loincloth, chanting morning prayers in Sanskrit. When he walked on his hands across the stage in New Delhi’s cavernous Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, they applauded.

The students were on the final day of a weeklong yoga camp that the swami had promised would cure whatever ailed them, mentally as well as physically, and without a great investment of time. For a growing number of harried middle-class Indians, worrying about health problems associated with a more affluent lifestyle, that is just the message they want to hear.

Don’t they mean “hairy” middle-class Ind-…oh, wait. Wrong post. 😉

While a majority of Indians are familiar with yoga, many think it is too complex and time-consuming to practice, particularly with the increasing demands on their time.

The swami, youthful and photogenic, has become wildly popular with a “yoga made easy” approach that promises to yield quick health benefits with minimal effort.

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