Thursday, April 26, 2018

HIDDEN GEM NEAR DHARAMSHALA- INDRU NAG (CXIX)

Perks of having friends in different cities- you get to know unexplored, hidden places. 

It was a sudden weekend plan to Dharamshala- probably my seventh or eighth trip to this place. I was sitting and chilling in my hotel balcony when my friend offered to go for a scooter ride. My hotel- Hotel Sunshine Villa is a beautiful hotel amidst the nature. Flowing water of Manjhi Khad beneath and snow covered peaks above, hotel's balcony offers a breathtaking view.  

This trip was a runaway from the mundane life in Delhi. It happens with me sometimes, when despite any reason I become upset. I was sitting in the balcony thinking about 'everything'- my past, my present and my future. Overthinking is bad, they say but it helps sometimes. 

I have been hurt indefinite times and I have been betrayed numerable times, but that does not stop me to fall in love again, that does not prevent me to trust people again, that does not create fear of being betrayed again. I thought that even the brightest of mountains become dark at night. That is a cycle- cycle of life.  


View from Balcony
View from Room

I was enjoying the view  and  I was little reluctant but I agreed for the ride. We went to Indru Nag and I must say that it was the right decision.

Indru Nag is a temple constructed by villagers on Indru- Nag hill dedicated to God of Snakes and Rains.

How to Reach

It is 5 kms from Dharamshala Bus Station. One could go by road or could trek till the hill.

Landmark- Take the road upwards from Karnika Resort







Starting point of Trek


Indru Nag Temple

The hill has an option of paragliding (though it is not famous as paragliding in Bir Billing) and zip line crossing also. 


View from Indru- Nag

A local religious ceremony was going on in the temple where village women were singing local songs. I smiled at them, took photographs and videos and they smiled back.
We found a spot for us to sit and relax. My friend started working on his laptop and I got engrossed in my book again.









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Monday, April 16, 2018

JUDGEMENTS (CXVIII)

Judgement! Right judgement or wrong judgement! Why is there a need of judgement? And this is something I am talking aloof from law. 

We see a person and start judging him. We meet him and talk to him and form an opinion about him and then the series of judgements start. Check his Facebook, Instagram, Likendin profiles and create judgments from his pictures and statuses. Ask him about his work and generate another opinion about his intellect.  Ask him his address and judge about his economic strength. His full name and here comes opinions and beliefs about his caste, character and nature. Inquire about his past, a further judgment, question about his future and a new judgment. 

He laughs a lot, means he is sad. He talks a lot, means he is alone. And with everything he does or does not a supplementary opinion comes.   

Why can’t we just for a while stop thinking and take the things as they come. Why can't we just have a pure, personal understanding, involving no judgments.




Sunday, April 15, 2018

चाय और उसमें से उड़ता धुआं ! (CXVII)

ऑफिस - मुझे  ऑफिस  जाना   पसंद  है l और  इसका  पूरा  श्रेय  उस   सुबह  वाली  ऑफिस  की  चाय  को   जाता  है l चाय  और  उसमें  से  उड़ता  धुआं l वो  पहला  घूँट  चाय  का , लगता  है  मानो  यही  जन्नत  हो l बिना  उस  चाय  के  काम  की  शुरुआत  नहीं  होती , दिन  की  शुरुआत  नहीं  होती l  और  चाय  भी  नायाब  होनी  चाहिए - कड़क , बिल्कुल सफ़ेद नहीं , इलाइची  और  अदरक  वाली l सामने  अगर  कोल्ड  ड्रिंक , द्राक्षासव, तरल-पदार्थ, आसव, पेय, मदिरा, शर्बत और  चाय  हो  तो  मैं  चाय  को  ही  चुनूंगी l चाय  सब  कुछ  है - सुबह  की  अंगड़ाई , शाम  की  गप -शप , रात  की  थकान l कोई  रूठे  तो  चाय , मज़ाक  तो  चाय , डेट  पे  चाय , दोस्ती  की  शुरुआत  है  चाय , ब्रेक-अप  पे  चाय l हर  सुख-दुःख  की  साथी  है  ये चाय l  

चाय  और  उसमें  से  उड़ता  धुआं - सच्चा  प्यार  तो  यही  है l  

Dharer, Himachal

Saturday, April 7, 2018

SUCCESS, HAPPINESS AND TIME (CXVI)

I often come across this line and this has been taught to us since childhood- "Time is money. Do not waste time and you will be successful”. 

I do not understand what wasting time means. Is it talking with friends, chatting with them, listening to songs, dancing, watching useless videos, watching stupid movies, reading novels, partying or just sleeping? I do all this because I enjoy this. It makes me happy. I realised that time can never be wasted. Whatever we do, we always utilise “TIME”.

And then I wonder what exactly success is. Is it being rich, being powerful or both? Or is it being happy, just 'happy'? Why success is always measured in money? Why all the books, biographies have been written on people who are rich and 'successful' ? Why not any biography is written on the happiest and 'most successful' person on this earth? 

Enjoying my time brings happiness to me. And that happiness is success for me.





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