Chinki!

I visited a village in Arunachal Pradesh. A very remote area in Tawang District of Arunachal Pradesh. There was limited facilities in that area. There were no communication mediums, no market or shops, no transport, not enough education facility and not even medical facilities. People had to walk miles of mountain path to get there minimal needs. So there was less value of money; strangely we discovered exchange system!  'Strangely' I am using this word because I had never seen such exchange system before nor I have seen ever afterwards. There were very populations in that village. Education system was so poor that children even didn't know the name of their nation; not even name of their Chief Minister or the Prime Minister of their nation!! Obviously these information seemed useless for their lives. But I found that people didn't have any complain about their lifestyles or against the system. There were happy with what they were getting in lives. I was y...

I used to think of visit Vaishno Devi Temple, but couldn’t manage my schedule anyhow. It is said that only when Matarani (Goddess Vaishno Mata) calls her devotee, then we can be able to visit this famous temple, situated in Katra, Jammu. I was staying in a working women hostel at Sarojoni Nagar in South Delhi. Here I met Shahida, a fair and slim Assamese girl, who belonged to my birthplace Jorhat, Assam. One of Shahida’s roommate introduced me with her when she came to our hostel. Shahida was junior then me. But very soon we became good friends. Whenever we got time in off days, we planned to cook something typical Assamese Dish together.  That was April 2003, I noted that we had a holiday on 18th for Good Friday and Saturday- Sunday were to be off days for me. Shahida told –‘Let’s plan to enjoy our long holidays!’ But how? We even didn’t think that in next few minutes we would plan for a memorable trip in our lives. I responded –‘Yaah, we must not waste our long holidays ...

Teok , a small town in Jorhat District of Assam. Around 30 years back, it was in process to be a township. It is my parents' home place, where I was born. As my parental villages were in Teok, we usually visited this place on every vacation. Growing up in a concrete city, I found this place peaceful and naturally rich. We travelled by bus to visit my birthplace. The Teok State Transport bus stand was very small that time. State Transport buses stopped here for few minutes only. Here I saw Mekurikai for the first time. I can still visualise his picture in my mind! Mekurikai , the unsung artist! He used to wore a half pant and a shirt, hanging wooden box around his neck. He sang TOKARIGEET  (type of sufi song in Assamese Folk) and collected money from his listeners. Every morning he used to come to Teok State Transport Bus Stand. Whole day he got into the buses while they stopped, sang his TOKARIGEET  in his mild and beautiful voice with feelings, collected ...

My kid is just 5 years old. Once we took him to watch a bollywood movie "Dabaang", staring a well known bollywood film star Salman Khan. After watching this movie my son has become a big fan of Salman Khan. He is fascinated with each and every action of this movie! He has started to recognise this famous star as "Dabaang Uncle". Only because of his favourite star, my child used to watch one of most popular Indian television show Big Boss. He used to call this show DABAANG BIG BOSS. Even he has learnt the hit songs and dance of this movie. He loves to sing Munni Badnaam and Hur hur Dabaang songs or dance rather than his school works. Now my son is fond of toy guns. He says that he will become a police officer. So he has started to collect different types of toy guns. On his 5th birthday, he was attracted towards one Chinese toy gun only. Other gifts were meaningless to him. He has already collected a huge number of toy guns and some time I get ir...

Still I can feel the moment when first time I heard your heart bit, my dear little one! I was thrilled, but felt very happy that I was  going to be a part of those fortunate women, who can create a life! Slowly and steadily I was attached with you. In every moment I was talking to you, to welcome you in my and mine hubby's life! Then the most awaited day came.... I could hear your voice,  see you and  touch you sweet heart! It was Sep 22nd 2005, you made your debute on this earth's platform and became a part of our life. Your dad was so worried about you. He was on walker, couldn't  walk properly. Even though he went to temple to pray for you, my child. Then the moment came -  you felt secured in mine warm arms. You were attached to me  before coming on this earth! I can still feel those unforgetable moments -  when first you looked at me, hold my...

Final Destination On the 6 th day of our journey, we moved towards our last destination - Jithang. Our trek was not too tough but we faced landslide on our route.   We were told to walk in groups, not alone. By this we could help each other in any difficult situation. I wondered to view the beauty of nature! God has created haven far away from human civilization! On one side of our route river Magochu was running with its full current and on other side the almighty mountain was standing with proud!   We reached Jithang by afternoon. The Almighty Mountains were covered with snow. In the night we arranged a fireplace near our tents. The sky was so clean and the stars were twinkled like diamonds. I imagined myself in fairyland! Next morning we enjoyed the sunrise through the mountains.   It was an unforgettable moment in my life forever! After having breakfast we decided to explore the mountains. We had lot of fun at high altitude and by lunch time we returned bac...

The beautiful landscape and the innocent villagers After a long rest day at Thimbu, our leaders decided to move towards our next destination the day after. It was Mago, the last Indian village on our route. Since it was still raining slightly, we had to mentally prepare to face any difficulty during our journey. But fortunately it was a beautiful morning! After continuous raining of two days, the sun welcomed us with a smile. It was a wonderful day and the mountain looked so fresh after the rain and thunder storm. This time I could manage to reach our camp little bit early. During my journey, I was alone for sometime or sometime I was with my friends…. Walking through the almighty jungle, I enjoyed the awesome nature. Viewed the topography of the mountain, the rocks and tried to understand the language of nature! Felt like I was in a dreamland…. My surrounding was so peaceful! I reached my camp alone before darkness. We went to visit the village in the evening. The villagers were so i...