Life has become really hectic these days. I am yet to connect the last cord in my PhD project, if I consider it as a project ever. My office needs me more these days as I am bound to complete a four--page e-newspaper daily; it is really tough when other schemes come along from different sources of the office. However, Sanjib and Partha have been great sources of support for that.
In between that my traveller mind always pokes me to get out of the house whenever a petty chance comes up. Last Sunday I was out with Bibhuti and team - to the rural Khowai. For those who don't have ideas about Khowai let me tell you it's one of the eight districts of Tripura. Khowai itself is a sub-division also. Earlier I have seen the urban part of Khowai only while shuttling between Agartala and Kailashahar to meet my brother. The famous (for us) tea-stall in front of the police station, the welcoming kettle just at the entry point of Khowai, Khowai district hospital - all used to come in our route. And mind it whenever this tea-stall came Bibhuti needed a break.... :-( hope you understand for what.
This time we were in Tulashikhar block, to see the spot for a proposed school. The volunteers who guided us during the tour as well as with whom we had interacted were amazing. The sprawling fields, greeneries, rivers everything was mind-blowing.
I have been to many metro cities, I also live in a small city called Agartala, but the rural ambience gives me a fuelling source for the mind. That day it was very hot, AC in my car was struggling to give us some comfort, although it couldn't fully since we had to stop at several no-shade spots. But still village life draws me in, wherever it may be. I have liked the villages in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and of course my own state Tripura.
Today again I am going to visit another side of rural Tripura. Hope to update you on that very soon.
Green fields at the foothills of Atharamura Hills
In between that my traveller mind always pokes me to get out of the house whenever a petty chance comes up. Last Sunday I was out with Bibhuti and team - to the rural Khowai. For those who don't have ideas about Khowai let me tell you it's one of the eight districts of Tripura. Khowai itself is a sub-division also. Earlier I have seen the urban part of Khowai only while shuttling between Agartala and Kailashahar to meet my brother. The famous (for us) tea-stall in front of the police station, the welcoming kettle just at the entry point of Khowai, Khowai district hospital - all used to come in our route. And mind it whenever this tea-stall came Bibhuti needed a break.... :-( hope you understand for what.
This time we were in Tulashikhar block, to see the spot for a proposed school. The volunteers who guided us during the tour as well as with whom we had interacted were amazing. The sprawling fields, greeneries, rivers everything was mind-blowing.
I have been to many metro cities, I also live in a small city called Agartala, but the rural ambience gives me a fuelling source for the mind. That day it was very hot, AC in my car was struggling to give us some comfort, although it couldn't fully since we had to stop at several no-shade spots. But still village life draws me in, wherever it may be. I have liked the villages in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and of course my own state Tripura.
Today again I am going to visit another side of rural Tripura. Hope to update you on that very soon.
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