Life isn’t easy all the times. The smallest of things like missing
project deadlines, unhappy appraisals, credit cards EMIs, high housing loan
interest, traffic, load shedding in the night, Chennai Auto rickshaws fare
negotiations, SPAM emails, low phone battery, flattened tire, personal loan
phone calls, houseful signs for movie to the largest of events like demise of
somebody close, financial losses, health problems can drain you completely. In
such situations you brains refuses to work and this effects everything in you
and around you. One such year for me was 2013! I had hit lowest point of my
life and I needed a break bigtime.
I packed my bags and headed to Kolkata for a week’s break.
The beauty of Kolkata lies in its people and being born & brought up there,
I had no dearth of friends. For me the first stress buster has always been
cricket. In our complex or apartments in Kolkata, we started of something what
is called “Gully Cricket”. The uniqueness of this cricket was it is played by
plastic ping pong balls. We have a bi yearly tournament called the Shantikunja
Premier League (SPL) and the second edition of it happens in Dec that too with
day and night match schedules. My friend pulled me into his team “RED BULL” and
with a series of victory, we won the tournament.
If you ask me the best time to visit Kolkata is the Dec –Jan
apart from the Durga Puja time. I was right there during the best of the
winters with the best of my friends and during such times what’s fun without a road
trip!! Hence on the chilly Christmas day, four of us decided to take a road
trip to this place called Falta which was 50kms from Kolkata. The place is right
on the banks of Ganges and pretty scenic. We booked a cottage at Hotel SeaBird and started our
day out. We had a few drinks, hogged on some good food and spoke our heart out.
Since we knew each other from our
childhood, we had so much to talk about. Reliving our schooldays, discussing
about ex-girlfriends, movies, life abroad, Indian Tax system, gadgets, medical
facilities in India, law and order, our time just flew! We had so many things
to talk and discuss that a night wasn't enough. The food was fantastic to complement
the occasion and added to that was a splendid location overseeing the river
Ganges. One of my friends is a singer and we had small jamming session playing
the guitar as well. In the night we took
a stroll to the banks and by looking at the vastness we felt how small we were.
We slept for an hour or so and early morning took a boat ride on the river. It
was beautiful! Soon after a filling breakfast we packed our bags and were on
our way back listening to the Kumar Sanu, Alka Yagnik songs of our times!
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| Outside Hotel SeaBird |
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| Boat ride on the river Ganges |
Life had been tough and it will still be! It’s not only me,
it’s a known phenomenon for everybody and nobody can escape it. The trick is
how to come back to normal from such demotivation, such falls, such situations.
It is such small events of togetherness bring you back to life! For me these
friends, these moments of togetherness are like rechargers. After this quick
get together, I could recoup, infuse positivity, feel motivated, plan on the
next set of events, execute and achieve success. Trust me, it works.. that’s
the power of being together!
#together
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