Heat. Mountains. And other thoughts.

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsI can truly relate to the agonies of those reeling under the simmering heat of North India summer. The first time I came to Delhi I did not like it at all. More so for the fact that I took the slowest train from Kolkata and the landscape changed slower than ever thus giving me and all those looking across their windows a chance to actually feel the change from lush greenery to arid landscape and at times acrid air.

Trust me I understand how bad it feels. Two scathing summers in Delhi and my understanding has been definitive. And it's the heat pangs thoughts that invariably linger whenever I reach out to switch off the fan at night, here (In Assam it's been raining off and on for sometime now don't need the fan exactly)

So what has northeast got? It's the weather.

Let me also mention the nearest hill stations and some walks. If you plan to be somewhere near to beat the heat and the power snags you mustn't miss many things here. Here is one you should not ever...

Unwind by the winding 'Love Road' in Darjeeling (Not in northeast but near enough...). But make sure to take that trip only after a fresh break up or when there is no possibility.. not even a distant one...You don't want to miss( while lost in thoughts or each other) the radiant Kanchanjunga and Everest (peeping from behind) because of someone....you have or plan to meet in a Gurgaon Mall. The trail leads to an ancient bungalow. If you are alone and have reached there in the evening it's alright to feel a little unnerved and awed by the serenity and silence. It's called Roy Villa. Sister Nivedita( Swami Vivekanda's disciple) breathed her last there. Take a breath and go stand in one of those huge balconies of the bungalow ...stare across the horizon .... See it vanish in thin line over mighty Himalayas....you may not want to come back to meet her/him in Gurgaon. Oblivion.

first published:May 07, 2006, 22:09 ISTlast updated:May 07, 2006, 22:09 IST
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