The Garcetti's traveled a lot.

The parents.

At age 14, Garcetti's parents, Eric Garcetti, the son that we're talking about.

The parents took him and his sister to India, where they were enthralled by the tea shop

in the heart of Old Delhi, walls brimming with gold tins of weathered leaves, saffron, Moroccan mint, white lavender,

masala chai.

And you can't spell chai without CIA, folks.

In 1990, at age 19, the young garcetti returned to india with his columbian university roommate

whose father was serving as the u.s ambassador to india

garcetti began to study.

Now, who does this sound like?

Does this sound like Kane and Kung Fu wandering through the fucking desert

and maybe somebody who has been chosen?

Fuck out of here.

Garcetti began studying Urdu in Hindi

jiving into the Vedas

and other classical Indian texts

before applying in his junior year

to a Buddhist studies program

at the holy pilgrimage

site where Buddha was enlightened.

And by Buddha, we're not talking about Stacey Abrams here, okay?

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