Sunday, January 23, 2011

Road to Nirvana

ok this is a true story, and the best is how Sulakshi told it to me, shes totally cute like a little imp and for a traditional eastern mom shes quite a little spit fire if there ever was. so shes been curious about the local holy man, one of those chubby charming robed dudes, who runs his own hoodoo shop aka mantra spot in Mutwal, a seedy part of Colombo where the houses grow close to each other and the natives are particularly gullible. To the uninitiated who dont know about Sri Lankan life, well its like this. Our whole heritage and 3000 history is RICHLY concentrated  in  more things like magic, sorcery, exorcisms, life after death and that sort of supernatural mosh than most land masses about ten times the size.
Ven Himi Paanam ( I shall call him so since i wont be using names not unless i want the whole of the noble batch breathing down my stubborn back) runs a little Shop of SPells that would put Harry Potter and the entire Hogwarths to shame. Himi- paarnum sells ANYTHING from love potions, (for mostly women who want men)to  hate potions (for women who want the men they want  to hate the women they currently want ) death curses (against the Vinaya, that book of the Buddhist rules, but then the times have changed and he justifies them somehow ) to life blessings (thats to make babies for women who cant) and everything in between.
How he makes those portions is quite intriguing (the baby making ones in particular ...)

I dont get it, this terrible urgency Sri Lankan women have to get men,(true that lots died in the ethnic conflict - but still ) to get someone elses man and to get babies, by using potions . I think they should just probably use "sex" , like the American women do ...

but Ven.Himi Parnum just like the famous Sakwithy (20) has really studied this segment of the market, done his homework carefully and harvested well. You see the odd sign of success here and there to prove it.


However unlike Sakwithy, I guess his potions actually deliver. Pun really intended.
And if you stay tuned I shall tell you more about how he makes those potions...

(20) such a long story so I will let the Sunday Times tell it to you first hand.

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