Training Paradise!!!

Training has never been such a pleasure as much as coming to TMTC (TATA Management Training Center) at Pune. I love this place for the sheer cinic beauty that it beholds. For me to make to Pune from Chennai is a bit tedious.. Fly to Mumbai and then the connecting flight to Pune. But my pain always vanishes the moment I step into TMTC area.. The lushness of greenery around is awesome.. It freshens your eyes and mind..

The first time when I stepped in.. i was taken aback by the splendid architecture that the facility has.. the old cottage style rooms where Room Service seems to be a very spiritual activity.. not the regular mundane service.. Rooms are never locked whether you are there in the room at night or when you are in your classes for the lecture sessions...

It is a place where I feel one needs to explore rather than just read. I realized this myself. It was a WoW effect the moment I stepped in.. The gardening is done with lot of care and passion.. Plants thrive there.

One of the biggest surprise was the sapling that grew on the trees.. There is a pot which collects rain and other water and supplies water to the creeper that is growing on the trees.. It is a lovely synergy that exists..
Being in Chennai one tends to forget the chirping of the birds and the early morning and evening busy bodies that the nature beholds... TMTC seems to be the house for many such lovely beings.. They are so soothing to the ears that you do not need any thing else to hear to..

Dead Floods!!!

It has always been a constant nagging factor for me when I hear the politicians in India talk about connecting rivers. There is a real concern when there is draught or scarcity of water in any part of the country. Water a big source or survival and sustenance for all of us.. So connecting the rivers in this country is no doubt a very good proposal. I have been wondering the mammoth task that we are talking about when we say connect rivers.. is it a fantasy or a reality looking at the sheer geographic spread that our country has.. It is massive task!!!!

But then there was a much bigger surprise that struck me was when I was flying from Chennai to Mumbai and the areal view of the land scape that lie in between was one of the most fascinating features that I ever notices. I was amazed by the human structures that have come up every where and the way that we have tried to connect each of these structural blocks which we call then as Cities, Villages, Town etc. some of them are geometrically well designed while most of them do not seem to have any close resemblance to any geometrical shape. This is mostly dependant on the economical development of the cities.. What struck me most was the dry patches of long serpentine dry patches which passed through most of these so called human marvels...

After a good look I realized that these were nothing but river beds.. Some of the river beds seem to be as wide as 1/2 Km.. but what is remaining now is nothing but the sediments.. I felt the vibrancy which these rivers could have had when they were young and flourishing.. Now most of these rivers have dried and died their natural deaths or have just become some 'Nalas' . The number of these dried beds are not a few here and there but they are every where and they are large in numbers. I remember some of these nalas have ended up into a small pond or lake and some of them have moved into the dam areas.. The near by areas seem to be still fertile and they are cultivated fertile lands which have been there for quite a while.. Human presence has created what now seems to me a calamity..

Looking at these dry patches, I wonder if we would have preserved our old heritage and nature we would not have come to this situation of connecting rivers.. rather we would have been more water rich.. We need to think to really save the nature now or else we never would be able to have any more rivers in future....

Cotton Fields

Flying at 30,000 fts above sea level I woke up from my slumber at the early hours of Thursday. I could feel the early morning sun blazing on my window pane.. I looked down to see if I could locate where was I.. For couple of minutes I seemed to have been floated to another land.

I felt as if I had landed in the cotton fields, promising a rich harvest for him who had laid the plants with such good care in a very meticulous manner.. The gap between the plants seem to be measured. and then all off a sudden looking far towards the horizon I felt a small hillock peeping out of the cotton fields with its top shining with the sun rays.. I seemed to have been lost in my world when I heard the pilot say, "We are about to land at bangalore in another 5 mins time"..

I strained my neck back thinking of nature's beauty in the sky and on this lovely earth... What was I doing here in this hectic world...

Unravel

It had been quite a while since I had spent time with myself.. One of my pass time to take a break from the hectic career... A time when I let myself rewind, relax and question myself.. It is never easy to question oneself but I feel it is not that difficult too. It depends on how does one do that... Life is fascinating in itself with its ups and downs..

The best time for me is when I am in the nature's lap.. Breathing fresh air, cleaning my eyes with the freshness, soothing my ears and heartbeat with the soft music of the wilderness.. In this fast paced city life it is a difficulty but there is no stopping for one who wants to explore.. I let my senses float and feel the soft sun beating down on the earth.. My skin feel the chillness in the air.. I REWIND & REFRESH..

What do I question myself on.. My life.. The way I dealt with things, right .. Wrong, I do not know but I try to search for the rightness. It is a journey that has just begun.. I am not sure how far will I succeed but I do feel good that I have started this journey some five years back and have found the power to know me..

Freshness

My small trists that I have, leaves me a wired sense of freshness that I even cannot get after the monotonized so call capitalistic breaks... What I mean is to the urban locations staying in a hep hop hotels and do shopping. If left to me I would love to sit for hours together at the sea beach quite in the moon lit nights... I get a amazing sense of reassurance that life is great and the value of my life is so beautiful...

The hours that I sit under the lonely tree or go to some cottage cut off from this busy life and look at the greenery around... For me it seems like time has just stood by... The gust of wind.. the chirping of birds.. the gushing of water leaves a very strong feeling which is so powerful and overpowering that I keep staring at the limitless expanses of green shade..


The pattern and shades of green.. It is light green next to the deep old green to that of not so green so well interwoven.. These talk to me telling that one phase in your life ends and the other begins.. Do not stop just carry on.. who know what's in store.. It is only the discovery and exploration in life that would tell you how beautiful this is...

Keep walking... life is beautiful... filled with freshness

Rondevouz with Nature

Nature is so beautiful.. I never realized utill I happen to be at Lonalava & Khandala. A place some 60 Kms away from Mumbai.. What most surprised me was the fact that Mumbai was surrounded by Greenery and waterfalls. The express highway was a feast to the eyes in the lovely monsoon season... The hights of lonavala was the coolest thing to look out for.. WoW..

I was in the clouds.. I could feel the chilness that was there.. The light shows accompanied by the mild sun in between was mesmerizing..

The sun seems to be playing hide & seek with the nature there.. Time seemed to have stood still for me.. I was taken away by the beauty that I forgot my folks..

They seem to have been searching for me for quite some time.. They missed to check that I was almost one with nature...

It took me some time before I got back with them... I and my camera were doing rondevouz with nature.. The heavy shower all of sudden made up get back to our vehicle.. but when that stopped what I was caught up with was this lone tree in mist... It had its own beauty which it kept saying, "Sid, donot leave me.. take me along with you and I would give you the freshness of nature when ever you feel dusted down by the rustic city atmosphere"

One cannot just miss Khandala while travelling back to Mumbai.. What I liked about the place was that nature was trying to live along with the modernity of our living standards.. The great water fall right next to the express high way was breath taking..

One has to see it to believe this lovely creativity of nature... It is just amazing.. My words may not do justice but definitely would trigger off any nature buff not to miss this place....