I love traveling and visiting places. I do feel that you learn a lot by travelling. It gives an exposure to the world when u interact with all kinds of people which helps u in understanding others in a much better way...
Right now i am in Ranchi attending an educational exhibition as representative from Nitte education trust. I am accompanied by the registrar of NET Dr Rajashekar Sir.
We are done with our work in Ranchi and will be heading towards Patna today evening. Two days we have work in Patna and then we move to Kolkata ( City of Joy). Have two days break at Kolkata before the exhibition begins and then we will be leaving on 21 st to Managalore via Mumbai. Will reach Mangalore by 21st 8 PM...
Let me begin with Mumbai. We stayed in Mumbai overnight en route to Ranchi.. Rajashekar Sir had stayed in Mumbai in 1990s for a period of 8 years. He gave a perfect picture of Mumbai and its cosmopolitan nature.. We were staying near the airport (Santa Cruz). Went by Mumbai metro to Churchgate.. Got a glimpse of life by seeing people at Metro.. Metro is the lifeline of Mumbai.. Everybody commutes to their work places by metro.. The city is so fast paced.. U can see people walking at a brisk pace in Metro stations... Everybody is in their own world... Saw a guy reading bhagawadgita aloud in train, a group singing bhajan, headphones plugged in were tuned to FM...
We got down at Churchgate and had Vada Pav... i guess the bread and butter of Mumbai... It was good.. Then we headed towards marine drive.. took a long walk.. Sir showed some landmark places... Sittng and enjoying the sea breeze is a real pressure after a tired days work... Its jus amazing... Family, friends, couples, teenagers, skaters... Its a stunning view...
On our way back sir asked me to have Dukes lime soda... the local flavor of Mumbai and it tested great...
Earlier we had Idli at a Udupi restaurant.. It was far better than what we get in our place though we are in Udupi...We reached Vila parle at 1030.. Went to
a Gujarati restaurant.. Had dinner.. Then on our way back had different flavors of Kulfi from a UP wala... It was too good.. especially the mango flavor.. Then we reached Hotel at around 1130 and slept.. The city is truly cosmolitan...
Morning we boarded flight to Ranchi via Delhi... Around 3 hours jouney with a stop over at delhi for 45 minutes...
Ranchi... The capital of Jharkand.. The state is under President's rule.. A state where an independent candidate became a Chief Minister.. A state which reflects aayarams and gayarams of politics.. Morning u are supporting one party and overnight it changes.. Anybody can dream of becoming a Chief Minister.:-)
Food... We explored all kinds of items and being a veggie is indeed a limitation sometimes :-) :-) The city doesnt sound like a capital city to be frank.. One reason locals say for this is its creation.. It was carved out of Bihar in 1998 and for me it sounds absurd that even after 11 years the city is like this.. Speaks about politicians of Jharkand..
Cycle Rickshaw ride was good.. U have autos and tempo (extended autos) ... Ranchi is famous for its largest mental hospital in India.. Its a 600 bed hospital...
Today one of the parent of a medical student at Deralakatte will take us for a round.. He is a doctor at Ranchi... Looking forward to this visit...
Rest in my next...
3 comments:
I've always felt that Mumbai is way better than Bangalore...you don't feel like an outsider at all over there....too bad you didn't visit imax dome theatre!!!
It was long time reading your blogs keep up the good work.
do you eat so much..!
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