Life is easy kya karein

Make in India is an initiative of the Government of India to encourage foreign companies to manufacture their goods in India. It could be automobiles, chemicals, electronics, construction equipment, Defence, food products or just about anything. The idea is to increase the economic growth and to generate employment. This initiative was launched in Mumbai.I went for the exhibition and was awestruck. Really huge and rust coloured like all our Rajasthan forts. The high walls, 27 huge halls with all industries representation, clean pavements to walk, lot of plants and dustbins. The staff was efficient from the security guards to the young adults helping you fill the entry forms, to the boys issuing your entry Pass after checking your ID proof to the baggage screening. Every process and interaction with people was flawless and polite. Each one was equipped to guide you and answer all your queries. I did not know that India had the second largest network of roads and highways in the world....

I am unable to write when I do not have a burning issue in my life. I was wondering, does it have be angst, to do any work? I mean, I know of the movies, where some lovelorn man is ditched by his girl and starts writing or singing, extremely well. I am not  in that great talent artistic category and I do not want to be sad to do good writing. In fact, every time I am struggling to write and the mind draws a blank, I keep telling myself it is okay. I am happy and that is what matters. Then someone said happiness is within and is not related to people or places. I have come to the conclusion that all it needs is practice.Happiness needs practice too. Practice of staring at the blank screen till the hands start working on the keyboard and words start appearing on the screen and thoughts flow. Does a waterfall or a stream feel like this when it has to start flowing? When I started working, I heard a term : "Go with the flow". It was very "in"  to say this in those day...

If you are in Ooty, any hotel is a good hotel to stay. Last summer when we were in Bandipur, we went for a drive to Masinagudi. Bandipur is a Wildlife sanctuary, a part of Nagarhole forest, in Karnataka. Masinagudi is a hill station in Tamil Nadu and it is below Ooty. Masinagudi is a fascinating place like its name. Ooty is just seventeen kilometres from there but at a much higher altitude. People in Bandipur said Ooty is a concrete jungle and did not recommend that we go up. We too were happy with our forest safari and drive to Masinagudi. Every popular place in the world gets concretised to provide modern facilities to the travellers in the name of development. So if you have been to Ooty ten years ago, am sure you will find it more congested. I noticed that every hotel managed to have a good view of the mountains. Dodabetta is a viewing point. I thought, like all tourist viewing points, this will be one more place with a view. The driver was discouraging us from going there say...