okumak Sanwaria's Sledgehammer: Remembering Tomorrow....The Quest hath begun! internet üzerinden

The Quest hath begun! "He who has health can travel and he who can travel… has everything" – A travel freak… He stood below the branch of the Deodar tree, from where he could see the distant path, that narrow fenced pathway, of the alpine ranges, disappearing into the Himalayas, whose tops glistened with the brilliance of the cold sun and where bottom seemed to mingle with the edges of the world, where all balance seemed to have disappeared and the world seemed to have regained some of its pristine glory once lost in those dark ages. Reflecting on those glorious days, where there is no happiness or grief, but only living, he felt if he could somehow he could stop time now, it would be the perfect situation, positioned in suspended animation, he would think, reflect, ponder, pause and then imagine, plot, attend and finally execute. Execute what, to what purpose, in whose aim, to whose happiness or grief. He had survived many a situation, situations as he called it. It had nothing to do with grief, happiness, contentment, discontentment or frustrations. These situations were just places in the relentless march of time. He didn't understand happiness or grief, because nothing sustained, nothing remained forever. He was a young boy of ten watching the eternal drama of "Ramayana" where the lord of the universe battled the most evil of forces with the help of the monkey god. He was baffled, fascinated and finally overwhelmed with the finer intricacies of the drama unfolding before him. He was lost in it, eternally, beautifully and could be caught in its maelstroms forever. He finally took the plunge and started from a big city like Calcutta. The generalities and specifics with the hustle and bustle lost in a maze of blank disconcerted faces in the generally hot and humid weather filled him with a distaste and loathing he could not understand. He somehow knew he could never hope to conquer this feeling but still hoped to make it an asset instead of a liability. He tried to make it work for him in such a way that it would help him find ways and means to escape this tropical maelstrom. He sometimes loathed himself for this and tried to rationalize the same again and again till he reached the heavenly foothills of the Himalayas…! He knew he had a long and arduous journey ahead of him, but the present prospect of spending a few pleasant days in the heavenly environment was quite inviting and jumped into the fray quite enthusiastically. He had stared to show her a thing or two about fishing especially remarking about the necessity of not disturbing the waters where the bait was expected to lure and catch the target and the art of sitting still in one place for long hours to come with the help of some yogic 'asanas'. But the long journey ahead was still daunting!!