Krishna Fluting Author:John Berry John Berry, that author, taught for several years at Viswa Bharati University in India. — set in the Himalayas, Krishna Fluting is "all about bare-faced India, where the ancient, lunar cold of the Himalayas fights a losing battle against the life force.." Peter Bruff, half Hindu, half Quaker -- "an ascetic and sensualist, man of the world, has a ... more »fateful appointment with a very large snake, a python, and he has an appointment with himself...All along his route there are distractions...in particular, there are three women: a Tibetan, believing woman to be an empty vessel;...Indira, a beautiful descendant of Hindu warriors; and Irene, an American Quakeress.."« less