An Exodus

Sunset@Tawa

The best things that happen in our life are indeed unplanned and unanticipated. What began as a regular off  topic chat with Srini resulted in an amazing and refreshing trip, the first in a very long time. We eventually realized that in all the humdrum surrounding us we fail to stop and just take a momentary exile from our day to day life. Appreciate the beauty of nature and live life the way it should be.

We went to Tawa Dam and then to Satpura National Park. Anybody, and I mean anybody, exhibit their natural behavior when we are with our friends. Their company brings a normalcy to the affairs. No pretending, no extrapolations. Just being what we are. Saying what comes to our mind and making the worst of all jokes. Because they have been there, and they have seen the best and the worst of us.

Well enough of all this. Should tell you about the trip now.

I don't know in which part of the country the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna is running, because its definitely not running here. Had a bumpy ride all the way up to the resort, and the '80s tracks made the journey even more pleasant (and I am lying, it was hellish, Kumar Shanu, I don't know who you are but I will find you and kill you). But as soon as you see the picturesque setting all was worth it. As if you are brought to an entirely different place. We went for a  ride on a cruze boat, occupying the hull. The scenes were simply astounding, though the ambiance was slightly disturbed by the item songs that were playing overboard. The water was as clean as it could be, and the breeze was pacifying. Standing on the railing, with my eyes closed, the smell of fresh water, the sunset, the splashing water, the isolated islands, like the ones you had in Life Of Pi. It was nature at its best, soothing my soul, rejuvenating me, transporting me to an entirely different realm. 

By the time we arrived at Madhai, it was already quite late. With no electricity, mobile network and internet we experienced the ground reality of basic amenities available in any Indian village. Come to think of it we are absolutely disabled if such a situation is enforced upon us. Remember that 5 texts per day ruling earlier this year. When our net is down we don't have a life. Mobiles and internet were supposed to make our life easy and comfortable, its so ironical that we actually are incapacitated when they are not available.

The night is always filled with surprises, and has the most powerful tool of all, darkness- which engulfs us and makes us wonder many strange things, bend the rules, change our destined path. But it also brings along with it an urgency to find light, an impending need to come out of it and a desire to move forward. 

The night was all stary, rustling of leaves, the heat of the camp fire, shimmering moon in the river, the old melodies playing on Lala's phone simply made it even better. 

Another conclusion I made was that I need to get a SUV asap to avoid the jolts that I had using the roadways.

Should wind up now, saving some for later.
Bye