It was an early morning departure from Nasik and the gleaming red Innova hit the highway in right earnest. The distance of a hundred and seventy five odd kilometres was devoured in just two and a half hours. It was rains, rains all the way but lacked the fury that Bombay rains are known to have.
Before that, there were emotional scenes at the time of the farewell and I shall never forget Kochachan's words and I quote, 'you gave us an anniversary bash to remember and we never felt the absence of our own children because you were there, as both organiser and participant!' The four of us, who'd fetched up, were only too glad to be part of the celebrations.
The train journey through the Konkan rail is a sheer delight and I've always enjoyed the lovely sights that the nature has arranged for us on either side of the tracks. While doing so, one cannot help but doff one's hat to Mr. E Sreedharan and his team for this engineering marvel which was once dismissed as a non-viable and ecologically disastrous project - the few and far between landslides during monsoons, notwithstanding!
Rajasree and her family came to look us up as we transited through Goa, just before midnight. It was a delightful meeting as we're seeing each other after what seemed to be a long time. The smses that came in, one after the other immediately after, showed that we'd touched a chord deep within her through that short tryst!!
Tailpiece.
It's the expression of the finer feelings that are priceless in life. This trip was yet another one that has given me lasting memories and it's humbling to know that one's simple acts mean so much to the others.
Before that, there were emotional scenes at the time of the farewell and I shall never forget Kochachan's words and I quote, 'you gave us an anniversary bash to remember and we never felt the absence of our own children because you were there, as both organiser and participant!' The four of us, who'd fetched up, were only too glad to be part of the celebrations.
The train journey through the Konkan rail is a sheer delight and I've always enjoyed the lovely sights that the nature has arranged for us on either side of the tracks. While doing so, one cannot help but doff one's hat to Mr. E Sreedharan and his team for this engineering marvel which was once dismissed as a non-viable and ecologically disastrous project - the few and far between landslides during monsoons, notwithstanding!
Rajasree and her family came to look us up as we transited through Goa, just before midnight. It was a delightful meeting as we're seeing each other after what seemed to be a long time. The smses that came in, one after the other immediately after, showed that we'd touched a chord deep within her through that short tryst!!
Tailpiece.
It's the expression of the finer feelings that are priceless in life. This trip was yet another one that has given me lasting memories and it's humbling to know that one's simple acts mean so much to the others.
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