My recent official visit to Delhi, Punjab and nearby places have been a memorable one for many reasons. The most important being that this visit kept me off from the much awaited 'first Deepavali festival' celebrations after marriage in my in-law's place.
Sigh.
As usual, I forgot to add the DigiCam in my travel checklist and hence couldn't take clarity pictures. That didn't stop my cell phone from capturing whatever I felt was worth it. So, here are a few of my memories selected from a lot, as seen in my mobile's eye.
The Sainik Rest House, where I spent the whole of my stay in Room No. 4 at first floor. It was inaugurated on 21st Aug 1994. The discipline followed here was the one what I won't forget for quite a long time.
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Most of the villages I visited, had a pond, which was used by the livestock (especially buffaloes) to happily wallow on their way back from grazing in the evening. This is a pond of such kind in a village called Lohcheb.
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Women seemed to be a lot more active in the farming community. They were seen involved in most of the household and even farming activities.
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While women were all busy doing all the chores, both household and field, men had nothing to do other than playing cards and smoking in isolated groups. Hukka - a traditional smoking device is very popular here.
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Convenient means of transportation in town was the Motor Rikshaws, just pay Rs. 8 to travel any distance once within the town limits. Often, they are found (over) crowded; they rule the suburb streets, seemed to be better than our dangerous BMTC buses.
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Riding a two-wheeler is real fun! No compulsion on helmet and no limit on the number of pillions. It feels good to zoom across a traffic police, with no helmet and importantly without being caught. I really missed my bike over there.
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If you are a driver and love the joy of long drives like me, it was a special experience and a unique feeling while we drove in the National Highway 1 from New Delhi towards Punjab.
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May be the Sainik Rest House effect, I couldn't stop my cell phone from clicking this lovely tri-color proudly flying on top of the whole world in Kurukshetra.
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The famous huge Bronze Sculpture of Geethopadesam at Kurukshetra. This was sculpted by Padmashree Ram V. Sutar and Sri. Anil R. Sutar and was hoisted on 16th Dec 2007.
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Me, generally used to the sight of a flock of sheep grazing around the bushes, I literally exclaimed on seeing a Caravan of Camels grazing along the roadside. I just couldn't believe my own eyes!
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It was a few hundred kilometers away from the Thar Desert, we could see the clear glimpse of it! A dry patch of land in the State of Rajasthan, which are very commonly found.
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An endangered tiny holy temple along the Hariyana State Highway, fighting for its existence against the widening roadways near a small village called Manoharpur.
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Lovely sight of River Sutlej along its way across Punjab, which is all set to engulf the bright red hot Sun to make sky darker at night.
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A pleasant evening, where we can find the Sunset happening beyond the paddy fields, the high-tension transmission cables, the farther trees and the misty sky in a village called Gangthan.
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