This Janmastami outfit was made in Vrndavan. But try as they might,the seamstress and her companion couldn't get the tailor to follow the patern nor any of her other requests. He must have been underwhelmed by the amount of money they were spending. Thatis some societies spend between three and ten times as much on dresses. So this one came to be known as "You can't have it your way"
While pedaling down a street this afternoon i saw a man with what at first appeared to be a strange walking stick. But as our paths began to intersect i could see it wasn't a stick at all but some japamala. Hmmmm. No bag or covering of any kind. But he was counting some kind of mantra in meditation. My mind drifted back to London in early seventy-two when while riding on the underground i saw among the advertisments,a sticker made by the devotees that quoted a verse from the tenth chapter of"Bhagavad-gita" which says "Among sacrifices I am japa" around the circle there was the Hare Krsna mantra. Amazing how by the influence of Srila Prabhupada Krsna consciousness has changed the world. If it weren't for that would the man i saw today have been chanting?
This evening the Deities took rest wearing their grateful dvip clothes.