Mesmerising Tarkarli beach

Just a couple of days back I came back from my native place. It was an eventful 3 dayer with my whole family as my sis-in-laws parents had come as well. My sis-in-laws mum had been to my native place for the first time. Its really a blessing to have such a place called "My Native place" where I can be sure of pure "everything", right from water to air to the things we eat.

We saw some astounding places like the Dhamapur lake, Malvan seashore, Angnewadi Temple but the one place that stood out and really really mesmerised me to the fullest was Tarkarli. Just a few minutes drive from the Malvan seashore, this place is an extended part but a huge part of the Malvan seaside and the sands are white and shimmering. The water is clear and the fauna and flora in the seabed makes the seawater green in colour. I can say this with authority that the beach is a virgin as it is 'The most cleanest' beach I have seen in the past 27 years of my life. The marine life is very healthy. Tarkarli offers snorkelling as well. Could not go snorkelling this time but will definitely experience it the next time I go there which will be this year itself :-)....

Those of you who want to experience a pleasurable and life-lasting sight need to visit Tarkarli at the earliest.

ELECTIONS - A BIG FAT JOKE

The state assembly elections though had a good enough turnout of 60% in the state of Maharshtra the city had a pathetically low turnout of 42%. The worst part was that south mumbai which was at the helm when the 26/11 attacks happened voted only 35%. This was the right opportunity for us all to actually give our verdict and stamp our authority on the whole process. But once again we have let the opportunity go by. Most of us grabbed the opportunity by taking monday as a holiday and escaping to some place for vacation.

The fact of the matter remains though that majority of us have lost faith in the democratic machinery. Thanks to the ever-increasing corruption in the state. But then the other side of the coin is that only we the people can change it. The ruling government unless given a run for their money wont learn that the people who bring them to power can make them taste dust as well.

The above might seems childish but not as childish as what some so called grown ups in this country of millions are doing. These people who have not voted have absolutely no right whatsoever to question the politicians about their under par performance. In today’s HT Rajdeep Sardesai has rightfully taken a swipe at such mumbaikar’s who did not vote on 13th Oct.

The same old story will continue in the next elections as well. The Resident Non-Indians who do not vote will continue to comment on the way the infra of the city is bad, the pollution controls being not of the highest level and then again won’t care to cast their vote in the next elections.

Adios Abhi

A lot of people come an go in our life. Some people are forgotten quite quickly once meetings and greetings stop. Some people are not forgotten coz of their nature, their behaviour amongst peers, their simplicity. Abhi falls in the later category. I have not come across a more practical and so correct individual in my life. At his age he seems much more mature. Has a lot of confidence in his abilities, which very important in today's professional life. Has great ability to execute any task given to him. He proved that in WE School.

Now, that he has decided to pack his bags and leave tis city that gave him so many friends and so many moments that will defintely last for a lifetime.Right Abhi? do correct me if am wrong.

Yesterday's farewell in more than many ways summed up the ties that we all friends have.Feels heavy inside sometimes as I still can't believe that Abhi is leaving.
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The right thing in the end for all of us though is to not forget each other and be in touch as far as possible. I know this blog is too emotional but thats how I am.

Lala mere maa ke kangan toh tu bech ke khaya. Lekin hum saab ki dosti ko kabhi mat bhulna.

GOA - SAD BUT TRUE

Me, Ei & Bra once again took our Goa trip seriously tis time around. With Rama getting sidelined tis year due to his new job constraints on holidays we 3 decided to go ahead and have a nice time together. I for one reached Goa a day later then ei & bra i.e on friday the 2nd taking 3rd an off. It was raining a lot alongside the costal areas of Maharashtra, AP & Karnataka. With news of parts of Goa under water and people getting homeless day by day the spirit in Calangute was not as high as was last year when we were here. Less number of bikers as people had to cancel there trips due to train delays and flight delays (dry day on 2nd Oct 09) we got on our bikes only on 3rd oct . Ei was possesed with "The cruizer biking mania" and boy was it infectiosu with me riding the Avenger late in the afternoon.

The day I landed in Goa we lunched at Souza Lobo's and came back to the room as it was raining. Dinner at Infenteria and ei & bra were hell bent on finishing off their respective bottles with ei really turning it on with Teachers on the rocks. Next day on the bike - as mentioned earlier we rode to baga, ajuna & not to forget fort aguada. Rains were not turning their back away from goa with drizzling rains continuing to wet us all through. Our lunch on the 3rd was decided at Britto's on Baga beach. Girls of different shapes & sizes strutted their stuff unbelievably. For a moment I felt as if I was in Thigh-land :-) with land being the land in english ;-).

Goa is still a place where people can be what they want, not caring one bit about what will their parents feel about their dress up. The fact that this place is so laid back gets you going at times. The sad part though is that Goa is loosing its charm with beaches getting dirtier and the roads getting clogged at junctions. The fact of the matter remains that once tourists inhabit any place they turn it into a junkyard. Nevertheless, Goa can still be enchanting if toured systematically over a period of 5-6 days covering the entire north as well as south Goa.

Rain gods seem to have been really angry and the cannibalising of the envoirnment that mankind has unleashed on mother earth is coming back to us in the form of tsunami's, earthquakes, unseasonal rains and such other signs of global warming. This is having its effects sadly on places where people still respect nature. Places like the rural india.

Hopefully, the present generation sees it coming earlier then later or else.