How do I become Hindustani again?
When Jhadten organized a spiritual trip to India in 2006, I knew I had to go.
Under the hot sun, I sit in a basket on the back of an elephant. Kirsten, a woman from Nijmegen who joined the trip, sits next to me. We gently rock from side to side as the elephant carefully carries us up to the temple at the top of the mountain.
The elephant lowers its legs so I can get off. Slowly, I walk toward the entrance of the temple. Suddenly, in front of the statue of a Hindu goddess I don’t know, I stop.
My feet feel stuck to the ground. I stand there, unable to move.
