I had an opportunity to leave the madness of the city for two days. A great experience all in all. It was a hill station 200 km away from the city in which I leave in.
Each place has its advantages and disadvantages. The remote place would definitely not be well connected as well as the cities are but have many things to offer...from fresh air to breath and friendly people. One cannot expect the same from the city. The polluted air makes you want to get out of the place but has the advantage of being well connected and caters to every need of yours. The people....well are not that friendly towards strangers. Me included. After all we read in the newspapers one cannot help but be on guard.
I happened to notice this subtle difference when we( me and my family) were walking down a lane where one could expect no shelter other than the houses. It started raining heavily. We had to run into the compound of a small house where we took shelter. There was also a year old baby with us. The owner of the house was very considerate to invite us inside the house to take shelter. However only the mother and the baby went inside the house as we didn't want to dirty the house with our muddy shoes.
The next time it was the people of the hills. They look after the cows and grow coffee for their livelihood. The children attend a near by school started by a social worker.
There was no TV in the lodging we stayed. Well I didn't miss it. By the time we returned to out rooms in the evening everyone was tired. This also gave us an opportunity to spend some quality time with our family members without the disturbance of the 'Idiot Box'.
May be we can try and do that here too. Switch off that TV for sometime. But is it really possible? Someone or the other will have something or the other program to watch; it might be the news channel or some other serial.
Well this sort of outings becomes necessary to re bond with the people who matter to us the most.
June 30, 2008
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