My dear Pier-Paolo,
My stay in Mumbai is overwhelming! I still can’t fully grasp everything happening around me. But I found this lovely postcard :) On the card, you can see Lakshmi, the goddess of fertility, love, and happiness, enjoying a sailing trip with her husband, Vishnu, aboard his favorite pirate ship, Sheshanaga. I immediately thought of Captain Jack Sparrow’s words about Sheshanaga: "It's not just the keel, a hole in the deck, and [snakeskin]. That’s what a ship needs, not what a ship is. For [Sheshanaga] truly is … is [...]." Someone told me there is no better ship to sail the ocean of sperm than Sheshanaga. But I still haven’t figured out where they’re heading or what their mission is… What a bummer.
Your beloved, Maria
P.S. I even found an idol of Sheshanaga inside the Walkeshwar Temple, near the famous pirate lookout at Malabar Hill. How cool is that? :)
