i’m back in LA now.  i’ll spare you all the blow by blow details for the last few days in india.  just a quick recap.  from tuesday to thursday, we packed in what we could…an interview with timeout mumbai, another interview with the bombay times, an on-air interview and performance at radio mirchi, and a couple of in-store performances at planet Ms in mumbai.  they were all thrilling in one way or another because after all, they were signs that dreams were coming true.  everyone in india had been so welcoming and excited; i wasn’t expecting such a reaction.  i didn’t know what to expect.  this all came as a most exciting surprise.

we interspersed work with time with our friends.  dinner at olive.  drinks at busaba, just next to indigo in colaba.  laughing a lot.  loving india.  it has captured my heart since the first time i landed in chennai as a 4-year old.  there is so much warmth and love in the hearts of indians.  hard not to fall hard for this kind of beauty.

savio and james are busy at work.  getting my video onto the airwaves and off the censor board’s desk.  planning for a metro tour - bangalore, chennai, mumbai, delhi, calcutta.  sammy and i are busy working on getting some of the tracks remixed for the club scene.  new dj friends on myspace have taken on the task of remixing wildflower world.  they have promised a version in two weeks!  i promised raw tracks to savio so he can have one of my label mates and one of india’s great djs take a stab at a remix as well.  so much talent…am excited to have other ears and spirits play with my tunes!  can you wait to hear them?!?

my cold is 98% better.  i’m 96% over my jetlag.  and 99.9% at peace with what’s to come.  because now whatever happens, i get to say to my grandkids…"your budima naani was once a rock star."  and they will appropriately laugh at the thought of an old lady shaking her ass on stage, but you and i will always know that i got to live the dream.

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