Joe Speak

Holidays are hard to come by and when I get some of these god-sent holidays, the first thing that comes uninhibited into the mind is – Travel. This time I decided or rather, we decided – my friends too are travel crazy – that the visit should be to Ilaveezhapoonchira. This word in Malayalam refers to a mythical pond which is blessed through out the year by flower showers, minus the leaves from the surrounding trees, where Panchali – a princess in the Hindu mythology used to bathe. It was raining a drizzle, as we negotiated the steep, climbing and pothole filled road after taking a right turn from Kanjar – a sleepy little village. It needed the listening skills of a Submarine sonar operator to identify the phut – phut noises made by the diesel engines of the three wheeled contraptions – popularly called the auto rickshaw, which you will find right in front of your windshield if you are not too careful. It was half an hour before the vulcanized roads came to an end and you climbed into ...

You might call this extravagant - to see two posts in space of one hour - forgive  me, its the excitement of having a new blog. Akin to a potter, who moulds his pots and wares with utmost care, like the mother whose heart fills with inexpressible joy to see her offspring grow up - I feel content to watch the blog evolve. It might stumble, fall. But in the end, it will get up and walk. Please keep visiting this space in the cyber jungle for my views and updates on travel, music, movies, politics, geography, medieval history, painting, reading and aeromodelling.

Last night, I dreamt again about being a real, great blogger. This time I was not able to curb my writing instincts. I decided to be a blogger. The next big, difficult and seemingly impossible task was to christen the blog. My brain is not what it used to be. The monotony of life has settled in, making thinking extremely Herculean and Gargantuan. This blog is an attempt to break out through the thick film that has encompassed the white and the grey matter, is an attempt to escape the mundane, is an attempt to re discover my self. I invite all of you to be a part of this journey, through your feedback and suggestions.