....the Heart thts Left behind....!!!

.....the  slog overs  r  being played  now  as  the  Month is  drawing to  a  close....just  after  return  back  frm  a  satisfying  holidaying  in  the South  East Asia.....though  ,  must  say  the  Heart  Left  behind  thr.....in  Thailand & Cambodia.....!!!.....its  unusually relaxing  mnth  here  with  holidays  galore......of  Independence  Day.....Male'City wears  a  festive look yet  again .....finally  M K Gandhi  parted  company ...."My Experiments with  Truth" finally assimilated....as often  in the  book  in  his  words ...."it was a Wrench  parting"......A Colossus & His  equally  Colossal book.....a  must  read  for  all.....Glad I reached  my  destination  ,  albeit  late......!!!.....Durban , Phoenix , Johannesburg , Sabarmati , now  will be a  pilgrimage  for  me  and my  fmly.....will  look  forward  to  any  opportune  moment.....must  thank  National Library  again  for  making  me  feel always at  home ...Must  thank  Maldives Isles  , for  providing such  splendid  opportunity  to  interact  with  the  SubContinent & her  people....!!!!

.........Mekong .....Tonle Sap.....Ganga.....Jamuna.....Saraswati.....

......Irrawady.....Mekong......Salween....Brahmaputra......Padma.......Ganga.....Jamuna......Saraswati......Son....Gandak......Kosi......Beas....... Sutlej.....Chenab......Jhelum .....Ravi......Sindhu........Narmada......Tapti.......Krishna.......Cauvery.......Godavari......Mahanadi.........Periyar ........Penner........River valleys    and  her civilization.......the SubContinent in full flow........its July......its Monsoon.......its Megh.  and it's Malhar........how much these rivers shaped the civilization.........sustaining..........I am awestruck as to the array of these great rivers.......nurturing the subcontinent.......no doubt we r a riverine race......our makeup & get up so influenced........the diversity thus deduced......silently flows the river........silently stories evolve ........generations after generations......The Indian Subcontinent is a bouquet of diverse flowers......unified nd tempered by free flowing thoughts.......as Tht of her rivers......

..the commonality of  nature nd her resources.......a  great River valley civilization.........

...........destined change......

.......thr is a tangible change evident after the holidays  now.....with Ayyuttha....Angkor.....in not too far memory.....thr is a deep sense of satisfaction ......now a far greater desire to explore more.........more related to Truth......of an old world time tested  order......thr can now be only an appreciation of original beauty of visuals nd thoughts.....of Art nd crafts.....of literature  nd rich legacy of heritage.....the make believe world appears shallow  nd hollow.....I am under a twin attack of wht I hv. seen nd.  wht I am reading....&......for the first time ever I found my trusted people , all beside me frm day 1 of my return ........as if I had not departed at all.....the solidarity so expressed gives me jet speed start to the 2nd innings of the yr.....such is the pleasure at the wrk place......all my extracurriculars   r in disarray......the daily news takes a beating....the social media. even more......nd Rojnamcha the  Indian Ocean diary.....in a trough.......its people.......nd thr concerns in the Driver's seat......!!!!!

....of Ayyuthha.......khmer......& Champa.....

......Ayyuthha(Thailand,....Khmer(Cambodge  :  Cambodia....).....& Champa(Vietnam) ......of RamaKien  &  Ramakiehr(  Ramayana) imprints telltale marks  on  its  civilisation....thn  the FrenchIndochina.....an  everlasting  imprint of  villas nd  architecture....as the Nattakan  Bus rolled  frm Aranyaprathet border , Thailand, over to  the Cambodian  border  of  Poipet....onward  to  Siem  Reap.....thr  is  feeling  of  deja  vu  .....flatland  & lush green  paddy  fields.....of  "TulsiManch" at every  house  dotting  the  landscape of Cattles grazing  idly......is  this India....??...I  am  in  a  state  of  trance......first the salutations  of  Pranams in  Thailand.....Wat  Trimitr & Wat Pho & the banks of ChaoPraya  ....the  never  ending  Indic  tale.....The Golden  &  Reclining  Budhdha  ......my  own  Budhdha  of  Rajgriha  &  Bodh  Gaya.....all  in  magnanimous aura  in  far  east.....!!!!...my  heart  skips  many  a  beat  as  I  run  helter skelter frm  a  barrage  of  Indic  civilisation.....I felt proud of  our  heritage  &  legacy  adorning  the  walls  of  the  temples  &  its  spires.....its  Ramayan  &  Sidhdhartha  all  the  way.....bedazzled  nd  mesmerised  the  Thai  Exit.....entering  the  Realms  of  Cambodge  :  Angkor  Thom ....the  Citadel  city  of  the  Hindu/Budhdhist kingdom of the  Khmers........the  lush  green  paddy  fields   as  flat  as  the   Gangetic  plain.....the  Mekong  Rice  bowl........tht  the  Eastern  in  me ....tumbles, felled  ,  biting  the  dust in all familiarity....as  I  step  into  AngkorThom the  ageless city of  the  Khmers....replete with  Lord Vishnu's  Samundra  Manthan....as  the  footfall of  my  fmly.....I  so  long  desired....the  journey  frm  Complexes  to  another.....all  in a  trance......proud  to  hv  a team  of  a fmly who  supported.......I carried  Gandhi : his book  physically & Nehru on mind...trudging the  plains  ,  so  fortified....India  &  her far  east  reach  out.....!!!.....Mr  Shweth the  Tuk Tuk  driver an  embodiment  of  calmness  & mirth....in  gud  stead....guiding  us  , obliging  us....the  War Museum of  a  recent  gory  past  notwithstanding.....the  Happiness index definitely  soaring  in  this  part  of  the world.....!!!!.....with  regular  linkages  thruout onward  to  PnomPenh , Saigon  , Hanoi & Vientianne.....French  IndoChina all  very  evident....the Siem Reap  National Museum... a  life  time  experience so  very  treasured  now....tucked  in  one  corner  of  our  hearts......!!!!!!