The very literate 'Illiterati'
Between Monks and Monkeys The very literate 'Illiterati' Iliterati book cafe - book heaven! I’m sitting here feeling very full and satisfied after dinner in one of McLeod Ganj’s newest restaurants – and one of the most unusual. About five minutes’ walk down the road from Snow Height is Jogiwara Village, a small collection of houses, an ‘Institute of Spiritual Healing’ which offers workshops on ‘Love meditation to find your true soul mate’, and a few dusty shops - a barber, a motorcycle garage, a tiny teashop and a thangka maker. Recently there has been a lot of activity in one of the buildings, and about a month ago a new restaurant opened. It’s so new it doesn’t even have a sign outside, but word got around that the food was good and different, so tonight Gusti, Eva and I decided to try it out. I couldn’t believe it when we walked in the door – all at once I was in book heaven! The walls of ‘Illiterati’ are lined on all sides with bookshelves, filled with the...