.....the YDM4 Diesel Loco with its serpentine load frm Siliguri thundered past the unmanned Level crossing ....the gust of wind & dust shuddering past ....tht was the only walking trail to our native homeland ,beside the single Rly. line of the alluvial plain of Kosi & Mahananda ....as I laboriously trudged , sometimes on the track ..till the MG Diesel Loco was in sight ....reaching Octagenerian Misri Tatma , the Tiller of our lands since Grandpa's time...his modest dwelling hut & his four sons Jagdev , Dhanna , Sattan , & Karu....the Octagenerian was full of grace & gratefulness ....his frail body rising up to greet me ....quick service of sparkling clean water in equally shining Lota (pot) followed as I was all sweat & parched ....the Shahri Babu in me put to test, reaching my rustic roots ....as I enquired his health ....his Sons & Children in rapt attention...his association with Chander Babu my Grandpa was long & equally long was our association with Chhattar tatma his brother....Chhattar stayed with grandpa managing his estate, & Childhood memories of Chhattarji was clear ....but Misri I visited first time his elder brother just in time before his demise .....so , the rendezvous was significant as had to meet thm the tillers of our Lands who sustained our ancestors & us .....feverishly a fire was lit in the earthen oven by the Ladies of home & Hot tea in huge brass tumbler was served with due apologies ....as Late grandpa , & my Late father so well remembered by thm , gratefully eulogised by the Octagenerian & I was amazed to find our fmly history in his finger tips...as I bade farewell to him & finally too....he bade his sons to show me around our homeland....as the custodian of our lands...!!!....as Jagdev & Dhanna , showed me the extent of their plough , I picked up a lump of earth , kept it carefully concealed in my bag , the telltale sign of our roots .....!!!!
.....Rojnamcha...!!! the Indian Ocean Diary having being initiated in 2010 is very close to Heart....journey of an Indian Doctor's service in a remote land...!!!
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