December 8, 2011
Today was Hari Krishmas. One of the most salient experiences of my time at the LSE has been lunch. Lunch is free at the LSE if you want vegetarian Indian cuisine served by a Hari Krishna out of his bicycle contraption. Around noon every weekday a line starts to form on campus. If you aren’t aware of what happens at 12:30 then the line will make no sense. One person, normally the same older gentleman who carries a plastic tub to transport his meal, stands near the LSE penguin (one of the many random animal statues that exist on campus). The line nears seventy people before 12:30 when Hari cycles up. Everyone is fed an entree usually with fruit, bread, and on special days a dessert. Today was a special treat. Our normal Hari-guy cycled up in a santa suit. Two friends of his followed with like santa get-ups, musical instruments, and Hari Krishmas presents. All of us students (and workers from the surrounding area) received a bag of goodies: The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet, Bhagavada Gita (one of the first editions I’ve seen with an initial ‘critical praise’ section, and a DVD entitled ‘Hari Christmas to all the students at SOAS and LSE. I must go, but I’ll surely write more about this.

Today was Hari Krishmas. One of the most salient experiences of my time at the LSE has been lunch. Lunch is free at the LSE if you want vegetarian Indian cuisine served by a Hari Krishna out of his bicycle contraption. Around noon every weekday a line starts to form on campus. If you aren’t aware of what happens at 12:30 then the line will make no sense. One person, normally the same older gentleman who carries a plastic tub to transport his meal, stands near the LSE penguin (one of the many random animal statues that exist on campus). The line nears seventy people before 12:30 when Hari cycles up. Everyone is fed an entree usually with fruit, bread, and on special days a dessert. Today was a special treat. Our normal Hari-guy cycled up in a santa suit. Two friends of his followed with like santa get-ups, musical instruments, and Hari Krishmas presents. All of us students (and workers from the surrounding area) received a bag of goodies: The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet, Bhagavada Gita (one of the first editions I’ve seen with an initial ‘critical praise’ section, and a DVD entitled ‘Hari Christmas to all the students at SOAS and LSE.

I must go, but I’ll surely write more about this.

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