the Castaway

........busy it really was.From the urbane locales of Gurgaon ,with a plus 4000sft freedom,not so long ago,the corrugated sheet roofed house was a distant cry.With potable water stashed in a sintex tank of last seasons rain to drink and shallow well water for ablutions took out the best in Archana as a homemaker and Doel and her Dad spun around her kept her ever busy...!
The first weeks heat and stuffy atmosphere saw a 12btu Mcquoy being set up for 600usd and the bedroom looked like heaven with a 14inch TV displaying Star Plus.The freshness salvaged Doel who spent most of the time there.We learnt in adversity that how a half eaten chilly can be preserved for the next session for want of it.Yes,Vegetables were scarce in those islands and an occasional rough sea would jeopardise supply from Male'.However,ruthlessly we motivated and even got a Mazda B323 sedan for touring the quartet of Islands of Fonadhoo,Kadhhoo,Mandhoo & Gan all linked by causeways built by Japan.This led to us access to more habitable plantation islands for a steady supply.......!