Meri Jaan, summer is almost here !! For some of you in the US and still in hibernation, be ready to work on those dry grass patches and give a quickvisit to the nearest pottery or flower barn.Bring on those blooming flowers and start looking into the landscape, lets get ready for some cleaning.
Bring out the mulch, the weedwackers and lawn mowers out of the shed and those CHILLED BEERS out of the refrigerator!
Its cleanup time people. Osama is out clean-hopefully, Obama is born clean, Royal wedding showed the nice and clean part of Brits, and the Asteroid supposed to hit earth at the end of this year may just miss it clean ! So, pack your bags and get out of bed to sip-dose-martini's!
I had a great start to the summer with a short visit to the 'lake district of India', an area called Nainital in a state called Uttaranchal. It is a surreal town - called 'hill station' in desi lingo - due to the surroundings of lakes and valleys. It is like a combination of Vermont and Poconos but without the snow. Nature-sque Terrains and breathtaking views are at each and every curve of the drive, kind of like a vista point throughout the mountains. The area also has specific 'touristy' points up high in the mountatins from where the Himalayas are a stone's throw away-via a binocular !
I also went to such a place called "Zero Point" in a town called Binsar. The hike up to the point was a killer, but what a view !
You sometimes wonder why those 'Guru's & Rishis" that went to the Himalayas never came back, and if you even the slightest of the spiritual kind, you can understand why, as you will want to stay in those 'vadiyan" for ever !
You sometimes wonder why those 'Guru's & Rishis" that went to the Himalayas never came back, and if you even the slightest of the spiritual kind, you can understand why, as you will want to stay in those 'vadiyan" for ever ! Serene-Serene-duniya ke shor se door, jannat ke itne kareeb, dharti par swarg kahin hain tou yahin hain-yahin hain-yahin hain !!
Apart from the speactacular nature, the good thing about a road trip in 'apna des' is the road side dhabas with dal makhani's. kadhai paneers, chulha naans, chole-pooris and lassi galore! And yes how can one forget those road signs and behind the truck signs. Some of them are awesomely-amusing, like the ones shared in this post!
Well, Meri Jaan while I get back to my routine, please gear down from those jackets into shorts, skirts and snickers. Get ready-n-started for the summer has just begun!
Till we meet next, stay safe, stay cool and stay in loeve !!
- Pankaj
