Narmada Jao Aandolan!!
Some poeple say it's bad to follow your instincts... I have always been a very instinctive person and i refrain from killing my instincts.. So here's a time when I did it again.
Date 13th May, Time around 6 in the evening. Bored with work again... me and sanju tired of the MICA heat. Sitting in the Complab and I murmured 'Yaar, chal Narmada mein dubki maarke aate hai' (For few Undesi friends - 'Dude, lets go and take a dip in Narmada'). and Knowing Sanju.. the dare-devil Bastardo.. i knew he'd nod his head in harmony and so he did. Budget was 600 bucks pura head.
And we were out of MICA in couple of hours... again there were few people who thought it's a crazy thing to do.. but it was a call from Narmada.. could not afford listen to those sissys and wusses.. hence, the feeling got bigger.
So we reached the Bus Station and had to board on a bus to Baroda and put up for a night with Sanju's Friend.. and then make a move to Chandod at around 7 in the morning.... Chandod is a very religous place... you get the keychains of Naked women.. people go there for Pitru-Darpan (Last Rites)... but the despopanti ruled there too...
So as soon as we landed in Chandod.. we saw lots of copyright Infringments... chips like Flays, Kaka Chips.. soft drinks like pespi, thunder and all that jazz.. the only thing original was jalebi and dhokla... So once we were refuelled we rushed to the river bank.. took our clothes off and jumped into the river... phissss... and we were cool.
In the meanwhile, I made friends with this dog who was bullied around a lot.. so he followed us everywhere and was acting as a watchdog for our belongins... here's a pic of the dog.. i named it Dogsy -
Anyways... we were done getting pampered by the cold water of Narmada by 12.. and we had almost 18 more hours to reach back to the Campus... so we thought lets push up the the World Famous Sardar Sarovar Dam... and to do that you have to cross the river.. which meant a ferry-ride.. so coooal it was.. and once we had crossed the river.. one of my most adrenaline pumping experience after the Diu-Jump happened... and it was the Taxi ride from Chandod to Rajpipla... don't remember the names of the city.. it belonged to our quest.. you just keep your mind on the overall experience..
So we board on this Mahindra Max jeep which can capacitate about 14 people.. but on this jeep there were about 24 people.. and we had to take a ride on the bonnet of the jeep.. take a look at this picture amigos... and the tipsy turns and the cool wind of the jungles of Rajpipla... average speed of 60Km/Ph.. clinging onto the glass-wiper of the jeep.. and taking videos and photos.. fuuucccck… ddaaammmmnnnn… ooohhhhh mmmyyyyy gggaawwwdddd.. it was mind-numbing..
Anyways… then we reach Rajpipla.. one of the poorest town in India… and it really showed… so we could not stay there long enough… didn’t wanted to actually.. so got onto the rickshaw and reached Sardar Sarovar Dam. In your lifetime in India.. where you don’t have Petrona’s or Empire State bldgs.. you might wonder what 110 mtrs look likes.. you feel like an ant standing in front of this huge dam…
All the time… I was conscious about the Medha Patkar’s ‘Narmada Bachao Aandolan’.. screw you medha.. when you try to improve the condition of the nation.. and give jobs to about 90000 people… I really hope one day you die of your innumerous hunger strikes… don’t give the shit to people who don’t know why’s and the whats of the reason behind this building of the dam.
Anyways.. getting back to the trip.. so we hear that there are 5 gigantic lakes and lots and lots of Crocs in the water… and well it was all true.. but we could not spot a single Croc… anyways.. this was more or less the last memorable pit stop of this journey.. as we returned home… Via Vadodra.. where I met one of the very beautiful person I know..
So again, we had lots of stories to tell to the sissy and wussy MICANs.. and show them all the pics and the crazy videos we took over there…
My Instincts do tell me a lots of things nowadays… but have to shut’em down.. reason one.. don’t have crazy MICAN dudes around.. and second… have to look forward to the career… but well I think something more exciting is about to happen.. so people.. Anyone wanna join the next adventure do lemme know.. and if anyone wanna see the crazy video then lemme know too..
And my request to all you people in and around Ahmedabad .. Go to Narmada.. and drop a buck at the donation box near Sardar Sarovar's Statue to feed Medha patkar.
1 Comments:
i agree deep..i wish in this country..that we proudly call a democracy rights really were equal and people really would know what they deserve as citizens of a nation..:) i loved this post!
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