Empire International Church Street

I wonder why did I not find this hotel earlier in my life, since it taught me ***y important lessons of the life. Don't believe? Please read now. 1. Do not be attached to the material possessions The hotel does not provide a tea kettle in the room, since probably they believe that a morning cup of tea is unhealthy. Even if you order tea, it can be served only after 8 am, by which time probably you may not even feel the need of it. TV remotes do not work, so that you are not distracted by the disturbing news or any other program. 2. Lesser is Better The served omelet without salt or pepper, probably out of concern for my BP. Toasts were served without jam or preserve, again probably out of sheer concern for my diabetes. For toasts, omelet & two cups of coffee, they provided just one spoon & one knife & no fork. This was only to train me to think out of box. I used one end of the spoon to apply butter (very thoughtfully provided by the hotel!), & the other end to stir the coffee. For omelet, I just used my hand! Why I did not ask for a fork or additional spoon - because it would have delayed my breakfast by minimum 30 minutes, since that was the average response time for any request. They do not confuse you with lot ***y options for breakfast. It is just either Idly or omelet. This is done so that you do not waste time in deciding what to eat. 3. Minimalistic Environment They take this concept very seriously. So they do not provide a mug in the bathroom. Even old air fresheners are, including one which was ripped by someone (see the picture), were not replaced. No hooks are provided in the bathroom to hang your discarded clothes before a shower. Did I not tell you about minimalistic environment? The soap dish was without a base. Minimalistic, you know! (See the picture) 4. Be mindful before every step For this lesson, they ensured that the bathroom floor was wet. We checked-in in the evening & were amazed to see efforts taken by them to not let the floor dry up. Probably for this purpose, they had not put up a shower curtain in the bathroom, else only the limited shower area would become wet & not the entire bathroom floor. And that would have delayed our learning. 5. Art of remaining undisturbed We were getting different types of noises from the rooms on our either side. Noise of TV, people laughing & talking, all this till 3 - am. By then we perfected the art of remaining calm & try to sleep even in the midst of these earthly distractions. Bed was not comfortable, else it would have induced us to sleep more. They also ensure that when you are taking shower, suddenly the water would stop coming. What do you do then? Remain calm & wait for water to start coming. This hotel saved me lot of money & trouble. Because, after my visit to this hotel, I have given up the idea of going to Himalay for attaining "moksh".