.....The Bridge on the River Kwai.....

.....The Bridge epitomises the undaunted Human Spirit of conquering the Earth.....the  huge toil  & its  toll....its fruition.... &  its sense of Unity between the Separated....slowly & steadily Nature  will  be  harnessed  & bridled.....a path  made.....a huge lift  for the populace, conquering  every  Obstacle.....the Human  Spirit  is  Indomitable, Nature & Topography will  hv  to take  a bow....as I Reflect, Science College  Patna : early 80's, Mahendhru Ghat (Jetty over  the Ganges)Patna ,  was one hub  of  activity.....sailing  over  the  Ganga &  reaching Pahleja ghat of North Bihar , as the Intermediate Class of Science  drew  to  a  close  the Great Mahatma Gandhi  Setu was inaugurated  linking  the  two  Bihars  of  North  &  South......thn  came  the  whirlwind ....of  Changes in Transportation  as the  the hitherto  bustling Ghats  , disappearing  into  History, tru  to  the  Human  Nature  of  Discarding  the  old  &  embracing  the  New..... thn  followed the Vikramshila  Setu at Bhagalpur....I was  a witness to   wht  Bridges  can  do  to  uplift the spirit  of  a  teeming  populace.....& India blessed  with  so  many  Rivers  rising  upto  the  Occasion  of  Connecting  its  people across.....so  as we wud listen  to  the  loud  sounds  of  Rolling  stock  over  Rajendra  bridge  near Mokama in Bihar at  the  dead  of  the  night  over  the  Ganges, as the  train  wud  climb  up  negotiating  a  curve....thereafter  moving  down  South  on  Holidays  by  Train ....the  Howrah  Bridge over  the  Hoogly  wud set  a  trail ablaze ,  further  in  the  late  evening, the  rendezvous  with  The  Bridge  over  the Mahanadi  near  Cuttack  , the robust  sound  of  the rolling  stock  the  reflected  city  of  Cuttack  over  its  waters....thn  again  as  day  time  "RajahMundry"  approached  the  Menacing  bridge  over  the  Godavari  with  its  deadly  current  underneath  , connecting  yet  again  two  Separated  pieces  of  land.....late  evening the  scene  ending  with  Sparkling  Bridge  over  the  Krishna at  Vijaywada , before proceeding  to  Madras  as it  was called  those  days....to witness finally another  wonder of  taming  the  Nature :   the  Pamban  Bridge  over  the  Sea  to  Rameshwaram.......each  representing   a  Human  Spirit  which Conquered  the  World....!!!!....as I gaze   at the Indian Ocean , strolling  back  home  after wrk,  the  International  Airport: a yonder  Island separated  frm  the  main....a  decade  passes  by  as a fantasy for  communicability by  Rd over  an ambitious   Sea  Bridge  frm  the  main  Island  now  Unfolds.....how  time  flys  by &  how  Humans  Keep  trying &  Race  along  

catering  to  the  indomitable  Spirit......!!!!!