Tuesday, October 6, 2009

The Queen of Hills- Day 2


5:30 a.m., the frost settled on the glass of my window, with a sprinkle of dotted lights peeping through it, shimla was still asleep. I , after offering my prayers sat at the corner of the bed , gazing at the world outside, waiting for the sun to rise from its long slumber..I was not the only one gripping each moment with patience, my royal friends, the huge mountains were waiting aswell. As both of us were indulged in the same activity, I started a conversation with the evergreen royalty.



I got to know that they had been here for a long time, holding on to the innumerable abodes of humanity. Time passed but they stood still. When I asked them what made them do that though innumerable centuries had passed, they said that its the love of humanity. Love is smeared on the face of nature and seeps down to its heart, its we who exploit it without realising that the depletion of nature, is but the ruin of selfless devotion that humanity has experienced over time immemorial.


There's a lesson thats well preserved in every corner of its beauty, the small paths made by man on the gigantic face of the mountains made me realise that however difficult life may be, we can always carve out a path and make our way. Its just determination and will that makes the task easy. With the enlightened conversation time passed and the sun made its way towards the sky, spreading its wings to brighten up the world, light fluttered its wings and wiped away the fog and dew left behind by the beautiful night.




Day 2 had a lot more in store...it had just begun...

11 comments:

Rush said...

u make me crave for more...i experienced a beautiful start to ur day and i feel i was just beside u watching the sun wake and brighten my day :)
pictures just enhance the beauty of the post...well described!!

Manivannan Sadasivam said...

Scintillating!!!

As Rush said, you make us crave for more...You've bewitched us with your experience and words Sana :-) Couldn't be better described!

Among all the photos, the first one is my favourite :-) I guess AWESOME would be a weak word to describe it! Immense thanks for sharing....the beginning itself has swept me away...now am eagerly waiting to know what's the day has in store!!

Margaret Cloud said...

Boy, 5:30 am is very early for me, use to do it, but my old body can not rise early. I just love the way you explain things, the pictures are so pretty. I have never seen a mountain, only on TV, you are very fortunate, hope you are having a nice week.

കിരണ്‍ said...

Ah! you blog in between too.. great Sana.

A New Beginning said...

Rush,you, mani and Mr Joseph are brilliant at photography, I was really apprehensive, if I should post the pics or not..just an amateur try..thanks to the three gurus;)
Mani, you know when my brother saw that pic He couldnt understand why on earth have I taken a pic which one cannot make heads or tails of...thanks for understanding buddy:)
Yes Maragret Im an early riser, had a nice time:) it was a four day trip...completely refreshing:)
Kiran, Im back, but I kept clicking and jotting down things for the blog...u know when you see something the though that comes to ur mind at that point of time can never come again:)u can say I blogged indirectly:)

Mustaf said...

You make me felt I was also awake in that early morning and enjoying the nature with you silently, and you are just describing it :)

Each post of yours is making me craving more for the next one..

And BTW, you continue 5 times prayer during trip,too ?that is awesome yaar..I normally give up when I am on tours :P

A New Beginning said...

Yes Mustaf, Its imp to thank the one who created the beautiful world for us, isnt it :)

RGB said...

A New Beginning, That was a lovely description of nature. And yes, we do need to feel ashamed of ourselves, for trying to exploit instead of preserve the beauty that just might cease to exist if we go on like this.

A New Beginning said...

Thanks for the comment RGB, I totally agree with you :)

Princess said...

woooooooooow lovely shots, truly heavenly..
thanks for sharing friend.

Aiz

Pramoda Meduri said...

hey..the appreciation that i wanna send u is that i liked the way u had thought and related nature to life's sessons ... loved the relations and thanks for the awesome pics... especially the first one ..:)