I hated geography in junior school. I could never mug up those geographical terms: deccan, palteu, peninsula.I preferred History over it.
Lately i wanted to learn whats going on with Middle East and Indian North east.
So i opened Google Maps(I love this feature), i looked around every where and was way too charmed by looking at the span of each country. I never knew china was this huge.
I looked at India's north, and was like "Man, there is no room at all", Pakistan and Kazakistan to our left, China at right,No route to Iran or any oil producing country. No way too get into Russia without passing the landmines in afghanistan.
I have read two books about Afghanistan, 25 years of war, was happening just next to us, Everyday people were killed, Raped, Abducted, Mistreated, Condemned and that made absolutely and practically no difference to our lives here.
And England? How could i miss the size of it, it must be equivalent to our gujrat.
And that little dot on the map ruled us for this long? Wao!!
USA the baap of all, Way too Huge and of course away from us. Poor people who frequently fly to US of A and go through all that Jet Lag.
And infact our very own country was a world in itself, when we say we are extremely diverse we are not kidding defenitely.
Nepal, China and Bangladesh left no space and squeezed our way to connect to north east, no wonder they feel so isolated.
When i looked at the map, i felt as if an arm has been mutilated from the body and is attached to it by mere thin string of flesh and blood, hanging helplessly in anticipation of recovery.
North East,the 7 sisters plus Sikkim far from the political turmoil, placed in the lap of K2, smiling. Anyone can so easily miss to notice it. Sligtly down from Meghalaya to Tripura some confused some unconcerned and some defeated.
The great blue Arabian Sea and Bay Of Bengal, plunging half of the country in itself, and safeguarding it further.
Lately i wanted to learn whats going on with Middle East and Indian North east.
So i opened Google Maps(I love this feature), i looked around every where and was way too charmed by looking at the span of each country. I never knew china was this huge.
I looked at India's north, and was like "Man, there is no room at all", Pakistan and Kazakistan to our left, China at right,No route to Iran or any oil producing country. No way too get into Russia without passing the landmines in afghanistan.
I have read two books about Afghanistan, 25 years of war, was happening just next to us, Everyday people were killed, Raped, Abducted, Mistreated, Condemned and that made absolutely and practically no difference to our lives here.
And England? How could i miss the size of it, it must be equivalent to our gujrat.
And that little dot on the map ruled us for this long? Wao!!
USA the baap of all, Way too Huge and of course away from us. Poor people who frequently fly to US of A and go through all that Jet Lag.
And infact our very own country was a world in itself, when we say we are extremely diverse we are not kidding defenitely.
Nepal, China and Bangladesh left no space and squeezed our way to connect to north east, no wonder they feel so isolated.
When i looked at the map, i felt as if an arm has been mutilated from the body and is attached to it by mere thin string of flesh and blood, hanging helplessly in anticipation of recovery.
North East,the 7 sisters plus Sikkim far from the political turmoil, placed in the lap of K2, smiling. Anyone can so easily miss to notice it. Sligtly down from Meghalaya to Tripura some confused some unconcerned and some defeated.
The great blue Arabian Sea and Bay Of Bengal, plunging half of the country in itself, and safeguarding it further.
And yeah, i was travelling to mumbai sometime back. I asked for window seat specifically thinking mumbai would look as astonishing as dilli does from the sky at night, Call it prejudice or whatever , Mumbai looked faint with blurring halogen lights, seemed cold fish at a distance, as if asking you to return you way.
