Ghumakkar's Diary

( This post has been published in TheViewspaper as The Paradise called Chilika ) This year seems to be much more happening than I expected. I realized it when I got an invitation from a senior colleague to attend his marriage at Bhubaneshwar. Hidden was another invitation to revisit the Puri- beach and also the Chilika Lake. I hadn’t still come out of the hangover of my pan-India ride , when the date to fly to the City of Temples knocked at doors. Packing the very morning of departure with least pairs of casuals and 3sets of party wears, I joined Kaustav and Abhimanyu bhaiya on our tour de Chilika and Puri, also the Odiya Wedding. Chilika Lake is the largest coastal lagoon in India and the second largest in World. It is an essentially shallow brackish water lagoon on the east coast, spread over the districts of Puri, Khurda and Ganjam of Odisa state. The lake, popularly known as Chilka, was designated the first Indian Wetland of International importance under the Ram...

Just another Brick in the Wall... (shot near Chilika Lake,  intentionally not keeping the subject in focus) Let me get lost in the crowd Enough tried to be stronger and proud Let me get dissolved Be a brick in the wall. Never been so negative in life Not seeing any light this time Every road has reached its end There’s no way amicable to mend Let me be just amongst the trillions Enough tried to outshine the millions Let me get dissolved Be a brick in the wall. [ Wrote these utterly pessimistic lines keeping the old man disappearing in his background. Don't have exact idea, but I wasn't able to keep myself in his ' probable ' mind setup and think positively ]