Sprinting On…

Image by Eva the Weaver via Flickr One of my new year resolutions was to participate in a marathon. Of course back when I made the resolution I did not know that a marathon was 40 odd kilometers long… lets just say my resolution was to participate in one major long distance running event. As … Read more

Green Cover…

Nanda Road
Image thanks to rednivaram

As I stood on the sidewalk and looked up at the sky, a sight greeted me… A sight that I hadnt taken time out of my otherwise useless days to acknowledge. The sky was cloudy with the imminent possibility of rain, the scattered sunlight from the sun, now close to the horizon, made the silhouette even more beautiful.

I had driven on this road over a million times in the past 25 years, I had walked it a few times but never ran it. Suddenly the overwhelming urge to run once on it overcame me, combined with the fear that I probably had very little time to do it in, almost had me in tears.

The pleasure of driving this stretch is simply unexplainable. Even on the hottest days, the beauty of a green cover made the drive soothing. I remember that on rainy days the trees almost acted like an umbrella and the cool wind left one no choice but to love and admire mother nature.

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The Fading Light…

Diwali has always been a magical time of the year for me. Its the time where everyone is cheerful and happy. Personally for me the magic is when you hear fireworks all over the place and you know that when some fireworks go off, someone is celebrating. This festival has that uncanny ability of connecting … Read more