Julia Suryakusuma
The writer is the author of Julia’s Jihad.
She can be reached at www.juliasuryakusuma.com

JULIA Roberts, playing the role of Elizabeth Gilbert, came to India and Bali to pray and love, but to Italy only to eat. Hmm… perhaps she could have skipped Italy if she just wanted to gorge on pasta and pizza, as there’s a glut of Italian restaurants in both India and Bali.

Anyway, looking East seems to be the trend these days.