One of the best things about being a writer is that theoretically I can work from wherever, so when Rupak is filming someplace exotic I can go with him for the entire shoot. In reality, however, it doesn’t quite work out like that, and his two months of shooting Cheetah Girls III in Udaipur, India unfortunately happened at the same time as the book launch for Body Drama. I did, however, get to sneak away to India for two amazing weeks, and I did a bit of Body Drama promotion, too! Here are a few highlights:

This adorable elephant was actually featured in the movie, so when Rupak saw him in the street, he asked the owner for a quick ride! He was so sweet and hairy! I wanted to nom nom nom him forever but we had to get back to set for the final shots.

On set, Rupak introduced me to the cast and crew, who were all gorgeous and delightful (more on them later) and I was especially excited to meet Roshan Seth, not just because of his amazing acting work but because he was really interested in Body Drama. As soon as I met him he was all, “vaginas” this and “vaginas” that and I just wanted to give him a hug and hang out with him forever. Apparently, one of the women who works for him is constantly suffering from painful UTIs and he felt that the info offered in the “Down There” chapter would help her (particularially the info on proper wiping technique). After shooting ended and everyone went their separate ways, I decided that he needed to have his very own autographed copy of Body Drama, so when we got to New Delhi (his hometown) we decided to take a trip to the post office to send him one.

We rolled up in the place, looking for shipping materials and tape, only to find out that there are no regulated postal materials and that we would have to go to a “packingwalla” to get the book boxed up. Imagine our surprise when the packingwalla was just a guy sitting underneath a tree outside of the post office!

In India, cloth is favored over paper for packaging, so after asking a few questions about how the package was to be sent (overnight delivery, at the grand cost of 75 cents), he charged us 40 cents (fifteen rupees) to sew the package up.

I mean he actually SEWED the package up! With string! If we had wanted it, packagewalla would have melted red wax on the corners to secure the thread but we were afraid it would get on the book.

Then, packagewalla wrote the address on the cloth and voila! The package was ready to be sent, and the next day, Roshan had his book. He said the woman squealed with delight when she saw the pages of vaginas and took the book from him immediately, asking him to translate information into Hindi, which is awesome!

Anyway, after that, Rupak surprised me with some of the stuff he’d gotten for me while I wasn’t there. Some guys give girls flowers, other guys give candy or jewelry…my guy gives me a bedspread covered in (accidental) vaginas. He said he saw it and thought of me. Oh, how he knows me so well!

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