'One Night at Tura'

I would like to start by saying ‘You and I like many others having good and bad habits and most of us in real life believe in ab-initio principals not approximations’. If you go across the dictionary you will find ab-initio means ‘from the beginning’ and you all understand the meaning of approximations.

Now let’s forget about the above written lines, you may understand what I meant after reading the following paragraphs.
It was pretty late into the night, we were lazing on the man-made paths in middle of forest with endless insects making weird sounds and the starry sky above us and the mood was all set.

And then suddenly one of us asked how do we know that we are happy with our self? According to him, if we devote some time to family and love one, some time to our work, some time to our body and needs and rest of the time to our desires and don’t bother what others think you would be peace with yourself.

Let’s go one by one through the four picks:

• Family & Loved Ones:

This list includes all the people we know in this world; naturally we can’t give ample time to everyone. Our aim should be giving our best time what we can devote for anybody. Even if the other person is least interested in talking to you at that point of time and if you give your little time is best form of behavior and care, later on the other person would be thinking how nicely you talked to him/her and made that person feel important. I am sure that person would have good thoughts for you the next time you meet him/her. The more you nicely you talk with other people more respect you would get and you can feel the positive vibes coming from them.

• Work: 

Work is the means of our livelihood though we should always know our limits. Whenever we are working beyond our limits we are prone to more mistakes. It does nothing except hampering our work more. So once you feel you have reached the saturation level take a break and look forward for your desires.

The same applies for those who are studying.

• Needs of Body: 

Here you can include everything from sleep, eating, exercise and whatever you can think of which will satisfy your body needs.

• Desires: 

We all have a tendency to desire the unattainable. This mistake is made when we confuse the myth of our desire with the reality of our experience. When fantasies become expectations, the only outcome can be disappointment.

However unattainable desire as proclaimed by many suddenly has been attained and thus life is made easier. Most of our everyday items were at one time thought to be unattainable or even never thought about at all. The humans’ desire usually tends to be better with time, which makes our life easier or more comfortable.

So don’t keep your desires limited, we can achieve anything we want and have any desires and can pursue them until it keeps us happy.

Following this may help you to keep happy and satisfied. Now go back to the first paragraph and relate to it.

Ever heard about the David Scott Trail in Meghalaya??

Out from the archives, the pictures from David Scott Trail in Meghalaya visited in September 2009; almost 11 years back.

The starting point of the trek near Mawphlang village

This 16km trek is part of the horse cart trail which was built to connect Assam and Bangladesh during the nineteenth century.

The highest point of the Trek

The trail is named after David Scott who operated around Khasi hills for almost 30 years and he was the first British administrator to be sent to North East India during the British Raj.

The hanging bridge over Umiam River to cross over from one hill to another

Another view of the hanging bridge

This is one of the oldest trekking routes in Meghalaya starting from Mawphlang (nearer to Shillong) ending at Ladmawphlang (near to Cherrapunji). We were accompanied by two Khasi localities who took us to the highest points of the trail, returned back since we didn't have time to complete the 16km trek till Ladmawphlang, and had to return back to Shillong before the evening.

We continued our descent towards Mawphlang

Every bend threw up something new. Rolling hills with every kind of green shade; the deep valley; the red and white flowers peeping out through the greens; the crystal clear waters in the natural pools; the sparkling river appearing and disappearing.

Enjoying the panoramic view of the Khasi Hills

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