Darjeeling - The Mountains and the people and the Train

Only in Darjeeling

Only in Darjeeling...

• A statue was beheaded
• A train gets caught in a traffic jam
• Mann-mann mai love mann-mann mai break
• You find a female beauty parlor named Gladiator Beauty Parlour
• Mohammad Iqubal Khan and Ram Krishna Narayan are the best friends
• Teacher recites Ramayan and Mahabharata stories during Maths period
• People go to buy laangshyaa and end up watching carrom for hours
• Beggars have the most amazing names: Shyam Thapa, Mandakini, Pele, Tyson, Anil Kapoor
• You walk through the town once, and meet the same people ten times
• The last place to find coolies is at the railway station
• Can you jump off a train...take a leak… and catch the train again...
• The prettiest girls always elope with a taxi or a truck driver
• People prefer to play barefoot over wearing boot when playing soccer
• Do you find distance in Kilometres and places in Miles....Cha mile, Dus mile, Baarah mile, Biis mile
• People sit in dense fog and watch an entire soccer match, not knowing what the hell is going on in the field
• The best dishes on the menu in any restaurant are thukpa and momo
• Do you go to sleep with a bottle of hot water for warmth in winter....and wake up in the morning and 'daant moluus" with the same water
• You can ask for a portion of newspaper from the fellow co-shitter who shit’s right beside you and share some Hum Jayega jokes during the entire performance
• You ask for khaini from a person sitting next to you while enjoying a porno movie… only to realize that it’s your 7th grade teacher when the movie is done.
• You are updated with every local news, local love stories, elopes and true loves, latest songs and gossips in a single trip from Darjeeling to Siliguri.

And then some more.....

Makes me wonder.... does it make you wonder too??? Why can't we all be blessed equally....??

Tender hearts

I re-discovered my childhood and the simple life, I once had, in the very lap of my mountains...

The Mystics

The Mystics tread the mystical path.... at times I wonder... should I join them??

The Mountains and I

Harsh as they may seem... they are in fact beautiful and gorgeous... the peaks that surround me.. are my shield against time and everything else...

In this ever changing world... the Mystic Mountains of the Himalayas are probably the only constants in my life...

I have gained it all... only to loose it... and gain once again... but the mountains always stood the same.. right by me.. protecting me and providing stability to my volatile life...

I have had friends or so I thought... who came and moved on... but the mountains have always been there for me... waiting patiently like a true friend should...

So here I start... writing about stuffs... that are close to my heart... the closest of them all.. My Mystic Mountains....