Flights

SWASTIKAS

In a city in South Asia the vegetarian restaurants are generally indicated with red swastikas, ancient signs of the Sun and life force. This makes vegetarians’ lives much easier in a foreign city – all you have to do is look up and follow that symbol. There they serve vegetable curry (the vegetables vary greatly), pakoras, samosas and kormas, pilafs, little cutlets, as well as my favourite rice sticks wrapped in dried algae sheets.

After a few days I’m conditioned like one of Pavlov’s dogs – I drool at the sight of a swastika.