The solar eclipse

There was much hype about the longest annular solar eclipse of the century. Everybody and everything seemed to be influenced by the heavenly occurrence The celestial movement even cast its shadow on our college holiday list and the institution remained close today. The forenoon was foggy and cloudy. So staying indoors and watching television were the natural course of the day. But in the evening my wife and I went on bike away from the locality and set on a culvert by the side of the road. Some moments we spent together.for my wife this was someway a break from the monotony of the daily household chores. So directly or indirectly the eclipse was enjoyable.

Evening stroll with some samosa.

The evening stroll often halts at a hotel engaging ourselves in gobbling up 2 to 3 samosas. And this evening during power cut sairam and me went walking upto Mr. Pradhan's hotel at Balimela junction and filled life with samosa. In most parts of orissa puri, idlly, chakuli and dosa form the major items of morning tiffin but in the evening time the menu generally includes samosa, vada, potato cutlet and gulgula. So if ever you feel like eating in a small village of Orissa, like our work-station Govindapally, be sure to ask for the above items as per the given time frame. If you ask for idlly or puri in the evening time there is enough probability to get the morning leftovers. So I say ASK right items at right times from the hotels of our locality and stay fit untill you meet me.

An emotional evening, 7th Jan, 2010

The times spent with a good friend is unforgettable. The understandings, the misunderstandings, the petty fights, the reconcilliations, the happy roars of laughter, the rolling drops of tear, the sobs, the feelings of genuine care and love , all come together to define such a friend. Life appears to be a multi coloured picture or a picturesque novel when we remember such friends. I may be allowed to add that such friends are beyond the ambit of mind. They belong to the heart and soul. Their presence or absence in physical terms has least influence on the general sense of good feeling between the kindered souls. Just the moment ,when one closes the eyes in thankfulness for being contemporary to each other and being good to each other, marks the spiritual bond. Today evening I strongly felt life as described above when the memories of Berhampur during my post graduation started to float in my mind.

Day One of 2010

While Walking on a road of chennai in search of a guest house, my eyes caught the sight of some colourful fireworks in the sky that gloriously heralded the arrival o a new year once again. People were rushing with tremendous speed on the highways. And I was only gazing their alarming rush to celebrate the zero hour. Except a few moments' concern to lead life in an exemplary way I did not feel anything special about the day. I went straight to BLUE MOUNT GUEST HOUSE , booked a suit and came to CHENNAI CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION to pick up my wife, who was at that time waiting for me in the station with some tribal students from Odisa. My wife and me went to the guest house straight because for the last few days we had been extremely tired in moving different tourist attractions of Chennai. We felt that the best way to celebrate the new year's day is in sleeping a few hours undisturbed. But from midnight onwards the new year greeting smss and phone calls compelled us to remain awake for a long time past midnight. In the morning we had our train at 8.45am.

A meet with the Hon'ble Governor of Tamilnadu .

Under tight security-check  the group of tribal students were taken to the Raj Bhaban. I was heading the team of Orissa tribal youths as the guide teacher.The tribal students were taken in their traditional costumes.We had to pass under the metal detector check for two times. The lady members of the group were thoroughly checked by a lady staff in a specially cloth built compartment. After due security check we were led into the Raj bhaban. It is a colossal structure. with attractive architectural elegance. The grassy lawn has many deers and the well-kept Garden was pleasant to the eyes. However in some part of the area I noticed  dry fallen leaves from trees. Those reminiscence of dead leaves could have been removed to make the area look more heavenly.

The security officer was very handsome and pleasing. Before the arrival of the governor he instructed us the dos and the donts.After a few minute the Governor graced the place.We were really elated to greet the Governor of the host state.

 With tea,cake and vada we were refereshed.