The heat of the moments and constant throbbing of the brain
was becoming a constant feature at New Delhi. I had hung my Military Uniform on
31 Dec 2014 and was fortunate to get some money as my retirement benefits. I parked
almost 1/3rd of the bounty into a 4×4 Renault Duster to keep following
my passions. The Duster joined my Vehicle Collection, but, the trips out
of New Delhi just dried up. Last year,in 2015, I could squeeze a week
out only to get holed in Chennai,raise a beard and just pray to get our
son into an Engg College. Phew! I look back and firmly realize- it was
not my Class XIIth,right?
The hanging of Uniform and move to the Corporate World can
really blow the steam out of a human. The grind began and the Duster
kept aching in Delhi. Finally, after 13 months of plying 4×4 on Delhi
roads,my passion to know more about Jim (Corbett) propelled me and
family out of Delhi and we finally began the drive.
We got out of New Delhi after a 2.5 hours of struggle
through Delhi,Indirapuram and Ghaziabad. The traffic just seems to be
ballooning up in NCR. Whatever infrastructure gets created seems to get
gobbled up in no time. Ah,my beloved Delhi!!.
A pit stop at Hapur on Highway Haldiram charged my energies
and the sweet Lassi put sucrose into the brain. The drive till Ramnagar
was good and here we met the Harley boys from Chandigarh led by a tall
Sikh. The Harleys drove along with us and it was fun as the Green Duster
and Orange,Silver and Black Harleys Fat Bob,883,1200 etc captured
imagination of onlookers. Whoa,this is life!!
Now,we are breaking out at Samsara Wildlife Resort and
having a break with nature. Tigers and Leopards have gone into hiding
and oblivion along with Old Jim. We went to Kaladhoongi yesterday and
paid respect to Jim. He must have been a great man and lived a great
life. I have read his autobiography a couple of times and it is
intriguing. Maybe,we have never seen those beautiful animals who walked
in line with Jim!
It will take at least 20 more trips to Corbett to finally
proclaim that I have been to all those places which Jim walked and left
his footprint on. Keep alive Jim,we need many more of your ilk to keep
nature alive.
A day more here today before we set off back to work and
take charge of lives. Lots of new ideas have come in and work would
become much easier with better analytics and graphs speaking volumes
towards corrective courses. Chirping birds are adding on to the thinning
down of Adrenalin. After all, humans cannot keep Adrenalin pumping
always and pit stops are required to charge up the brain ,heart and
other vital organs.
Looking forward to the day in wilderness.
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