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So a week
has passed since I last posted. Seriously? A week?
Last
Wednesday we applied for leave for Friday and Monday to visit my friend’s
hometown in some part of Tamil Nadu.
The moment
we got off the bus we were like aliens of some kind being stared at like we
came from the zoo. We could have just been the circus arriving in town because
I think for many of them it’s the first time seeing Chinese people, or people
of another race for that matter. We put up at my friend’s place (he has a house
there) and while we were playing cards and relaxing the neighbours all came
over to view the new ‘exhibits’ and I pretty much felt like I was in a zoo.
Yet the
hospitality they extended to us was impeccable. They might not be rich, but
they tried their best to welcome us into their homes and they definitely wanted
us to feel as comfortable as possible. Most of them didn’t speak or understand
English so whatever they said in Tamil we’ll just nod and smile and shake our
heads as if we knew what they were talking about.
Two days we
spent at my friend’s village, near this place called Kadayanallur, and then we
left for Kanyakumari to watch the sunrise. Kanyakumari is beautiful; it’s at
the southernmost point of India where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and
the South Indian Ocean meet and we saw the sun rise out of the sky. It was
picturesque and breathtaking seeing the ball of fire emerge from the waters.
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| Happy Fishermen :D |
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| That's the fishing nets we were reeling in |
Reality has hit though, friends are leaving. S didn’t go back with us to Bangalore, so there’re only 4 people left and the boys are leaving this Saturday. The emotions are piling up; not sure if I’ll be able to hold back the waterworks when the boys leave, and when it’s time for me to leave India. India is beautiful, and this is the best thing that’s happened to me in twenty years of my life.
“some people feel like they don't deserve love. they walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
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