A new group; different attitudes; I felt an instant bonding with their open friendliness and "I'm-a - woman& proud " aspect. (We are on our trip to Assam and Meghalaya.)
They are all retired staff from Andhra Bank. The day started by one am - our flight was at 5.20 am. Someone was in charge of breakfast and so we got to eat home catered idlis.
Sorting out and moving from the airport took an hour or so.
The crowd at the temple reminds one of Tirupathi.
We straight went to Kamakhya Devi temple. A local pujari has been contacted by another lady who had spent a few years around these places.The way the "supposed to be mediators to God are aggressive in demanding money for the service they perform.
However there is no denying the fact that I felt one complete sense of harmony with every being and object around me for 2 minutes there. The beautiful words of Bharati's song," யாதுமாகி நின்றாய் காளி" was playing as background
music in MS Amma's voice.
I spent sometime of course in my favourite pastime - unashamedly looking at all the people around me.
The Bengali and Assamese damsels - OMG! These two eyes are filled and overflowing with their beauty! The glowing skin, big eyes, the jet black hair and the elegant draping of sarees( particularly the Assamese) - sensory overdrive!Then the drive to Kaziranga took almost all day. On the way, we expected to see lush green cover but, we got to see dry patches and brown slopes of mountains. Most of the stretch was clean and not strewn about with garbage and there is comparatively less vehicular traffic.
As the tour is put together by friends and colleagues there is no specific leader; allocation of responsibilities to different persons is the pattern.
And that was managed so beautifully. The ladies in charge of snacks carried out their responsibility so efficiently and with such love. Supply for each day - like pre-lunch or before dinner on the long drive - was regular and without a break!
The coordinators would discuss with the guide about the next day's programme trying to consider the group members' preferences and comfort to maximum possible extent.
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