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Guwahati Railway Station

Guwahati Railway Station

Just after the Diwali vacations that I spent at home in Maharastra, I was schedule to travel to Guwahati, a gateway of North East. I began my journey from New Delhi. Porvottar Sampark Kranti which is schedule to start at 11: 45 PM, was running late by 3 hour from its destination  i.e. at 02.45 AM. It was not a really good experience of spending 3 hours  on New Delhi railway station as winter was not allowing time to pass easily.

Once I boarded the train, I was expecting to get  late by few more hours as frequent travelers judge their journey to reach destinations once in a while according to delays at sourcing station. And further delay is beyond expectations. I reached Guwahati Railway Station by the train running late by 9 hours. Once train reaches destination passengers start gathering their belongings to de-board the train, kids started assembling their toys, coach attendant folding bed rolls, pantry venders their money, Jawans their baggage and hopes to return home next time.

All in efforts not to forgot anything which they have bought in. And once loco gets his final red signal to halt, all will try to disappear within no time. Similarity juxtapose to these collies are in rush to enter into vacating train to get someone’s bulky belongings. And I was no apart from the entire all the small system built in from source to destination. Yes, it was 2 nights and almost 2 days hectic journey, tiredness was quite visible in eyes. It was 5 PM of evening and night has already covered its shadow. It was very unique natural phenomenon for me as I spent almost all of my life in north and west. 

It was cold outside once I step out of train. Guwahati is very different than it was two months ago. Now becoming amphibian is character is not required as it requires in summers as well as in monsoon.  I have carrying my huge bag and myself and in rush to reach guest house for ablutions and rest. Cab picked me up and finally I lied on bed to get some rest.

Just with an hour I realised that is it quite cold to put on some winter cloths and by long yards missed my jacket in that train. Whether it was tiredness to get some rest or warmness to forget winter wears or my lethargy or my carelessness or someone’s dire need of warmness from that jacket, for getting causes of forgetting jacket, I am bewildering in bemusement. Along with jacket I lost my house keys.

We miss our things a lot in absence of their permanent disappearance. Anyways, with instant hopes I tried to call all railways available contact numbers but that seems to be a failing attempts as I hopes somebody will answer the call but nobody answered. I was left to next most effective effort to go and find the jacket where I originally forgotten it. I immediately rushed back towards the same place from where I rushed in. Upon reaching station I was shocked to saw that train is not on that platform where it had de-boarded me. That left me speechless and wondering what to do next.

I inquired to railways officials about the train and I came to know that train is rested at pit line for washing and cleaning. This is place is almost mile away from station. And I walked along with tracks sometimes on fishplates to reached Pit Line where I can see 24 empty coaches are getting ready for next show. And as simple as, I have not found my jacket and rest belongings in it. On that cold night I spent 3 hours with hopes. It was attitude changing incident for me. As now, I am not feeling regretted of getting lost of my jacket.

This loss is soothing my beliefs that someone better than me and genuinely   needy having warmness in winters. Small incidents in life leave larger impact in life.

Faith
Amol Nakve

Kathgotadam

It was around 6 AM in the morning, train halted at its destination, all passengers woke-up and started to de-board the berths, and motorman must have put down breaks on slippery rail-tracks that could have resulted into alarm buzz of wheels, rail-tracks and fish-plates.

People outside mostly cab drivers gathered along with their massive umbrella, and conveying passengers with almost 100% efforts to use their vehicles wherever they want to go. Rains are not ready to subside from their positions. It seems like that falling water droplets are determined to merge with their purpose of existence.

I am talking about ‘Kathgotadam’, the word literally means 'timber depot', situated at foothills of Himalaya. Its last railway station on that region and first station for Kumao region of Uttarakhand, India. Point of collection for forest products of Himalaya.

The station is having very few frequent trains to various parts of the nation. That could be reason for its peculiarity of neat and cleanness. Travelers de-board here for long leap into the Himalayas.  Nearest travel destinations are Nainital, Bheemtal, Ranikhet, Almora etc.

Kathgodam is sub-town area of town called Haldwani in district of Nainital in Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.

Enjoy the time at this station during monsoon season.

Ignite your journey with small small things....

The Deepor Beel - The Deep Thought

The Deepor Beel  

It is such a nice place to visit. I happened to visit this place in Monsoon's of year 2018. Although it hosts many aquatic birds but the pick season to visit the place in month of January or February when one can have a glance of myriad varieties of migrated birds.

It is around 23 km away from Guwahati the gateway of North East. It takes almost 40 minutes to reach the destination.

Beepor Beel is the very small river that forms a freshwater lake and confluences with Brahmaputra river. The Deepor Beel having no prominent flow except south hills flows water in monsoon.

One can take long morning walk to breath fresh air. And the best place for cycling doyens. 

The mesmerizing glance of city and couple of rail bridges on rail track enhances the scenery. It was wonderful time spent in such scenery.

You walk, you breathe, you excel and you live……

Happy to help visitors in case any guidance required. 

(View the gallery at end)

Faith 

- Amol Nakve

Train to Pakistan and Train from Pakistan.

 Train to Pakistan and Train from Pakistan.

I am deeply enlightened while reading 1956's  novel called 'Train to Pakistan' by Khushwant Singh. 

The monsoon of 1947 was the bloodiest monsoon India had ever observed. With greet of independence we also observed agony of partition. Partition of one nation; into two separate entities, were aligned on the basis of communal foundation.

Khushwant Singhs nations made the vivid picture of the separations of hearts from their bodies and souls. The agonized fables has been portraited very well in the form of words arrangement and rearrangements. This has kept me spellbound in this novel. Author has provided his independent narration for each role and each & every role is crucial in the novel.

Train to Pakisthan

Khushwant Singh has started following his mantle since his journey has began with one of the greatest novel in Indian history. Khushwant Singh did justice to all the characters appear in this novel.

The story sets in just after India has got freedom from British Raj with complementary gift of separation. A newly form nation called Pakistan, were the biggest denouncing act of by Briton. And

 it left people of adjoining borders  where. Pakistan was considered as safe heavens for Muslims and India were assumed safe territories for rest communities resided since ages. A farrago of everything is explained in very soothing ways. Complexity of love, lust, nature, religion were narrated in very simple forms without any moldings. It is agonized marvelous story of getting homeless over a night and fall into unknown territory. Partition was the penance of unknown sins.

A train from Pakistani arrived with dead bodies of people and other train from India departed with parcels of ancestral love, care, memories and more importantly grief. A grief that will never be counsel for next few generations. People breathed the air of despondency, which thereby observed in blood streams and became the part of DNA ultimately. What I learnt is providing equal justice to all the characters present in writing as well as in our life.

Reading is so important to enlighten your understanding of not all but certain parts of partition.

Very nice reading!

Amol Nakve

Success

As day goes behind, sun sets, I recalled the journey of interaction with people to whom I met and discussed particular or specific things weather it was personal or professional, it hardly matters or concerned area for anyone.

There are set of people who believes, things will be aligned for attaining their dreams, their goals. They just dreamed it and left rest things to fortune or Divine interventions. They just start something and left doing nothing. The billion dollars question remains the same. ‘What would be the destiny of such people?'. Attainable or lost in the memory of times reliability. They keep there faith with God.

And there are other source of people who believes that dream and goal needs blood and sweat. Hardwork, consistent approaches, ability to digest failures are not just bare words for them. Sun will set as earthy phenomenon, and for them sun will never set. They are pursuing their path like every moves is giving them triumph. They believes hardwork, they believe that through hardwork one can change the direction of river, can change the flow air, can crack the mountain for path. They keep there faith in god.

They are the ultimate combination of visionary and doer. Their Dreams doesn't allow them to sleep. Success is not accidental factor for them. World is merely shining just because of them.

I salute them for their indomitable spirit and enjoying their company in my journey towards destination.

Red Beard

Red Beard

I just watched this movie.

The language of Japan seems irrelevant while understanding the entire screen. 
Its an story of recently passed out medical practitioner who has had huge career aspiration to earn money and live the life of reach and fame. He belived the medical knowledge, which he aquired is his own personal. And social apsects has nothing to do with it.

On completion of studies his been deputed to rural area where poor peple visits to cure their ailments. He was extremely sad and disappointed. There he meets the head doctor nick named as 'Red Beard' is well disciplined and shout hearted. Who had served entire life to well being of poors and needy ones. Thought out his cource of red beards service to patients, the well aspining doctor learnt the extrimities of life. And slowly tranformed into what was against his aspiration.

The story folds and unfolds in a course of his ministration to various patients. He started understanding peopls and their feelings from heart prospective.

The script was filmed in year 1965 and holds relevant values in current era.

Nice to watch Red Beard and recommend others too.