Let me begin by acknowledging the efforts put in by my
roommate, Mr. Kirti (some people may
better know him as future IAS) for becoming the reason for which I was able to
experience a new side of nature. Its 6 in morning and the alarm clock rings (as
said by my roommate which I couldn’t obviously hear as I have developed immunity to alarms J). He took the blanket
off me & asked me to wake up for a morning
walk. My only reply to him in half
open eyes turned to be – “Yar, today
is not the day we decided for, and otherwise, we still got 6 more months in PU
to do such an adventure, why do such a thing in this chilly morning!!” & again took the thick cover to protect me
from the bleak hours. But since my tough roommate was determined to take me, he
again took me (I guess we would have been bigot enemies in our last janams) & told me that we need to do
this only once. Okay, I finally wake
up hearing the once thing and the
moment I put my feet on earth, he continued – “once in a week”. OMG…this was the time I would have just killed
him, had my eyelids been fully open! (more than Obama would have ever wanted
for Mr. Osama). Anyhow, we got ready by 6.25 or maybe 6.30 (as I am still in
sleep) and stepped out of our hostels.
It was about 8-10 degrees outside and the moment I stepped
out, which I expected to be one hell, to my surprise I was filled with an all
time different and new energy. For the first time, I was enjoying the morning
rather of shivering in those winter’s early biting hours. Oh wait...I guess I
forgot to tell you the place we are headed to..its none other than the most
beautiful place in Chandigarh – Sukhna
Lake!! The lake is at a distance of
5 kms or so from our campus & we, a group of five started to ramble to
reach the same before sunrise (yeah, you got it right-we were on foot). It took
us around 40 mins to reach the lake which entailed all forms of
mobility-walking, running, jogging, jumping over cairns & even inside-out
back walk! :) So finally we reached the place at around 7.10 or something. The stunning grandeur of the place at early
morning is worth mentioning here. A cool breeze welcomed us with the birds’
soft pitched chirps. Although the icy breeze wanted to cut us thick, but we
came well prepared with necessary warm attire. Nevertheless, despite being
dressed properly, we could enjoy the lovely chill of the flowing air. On one
side, I could see the trees and on the other, a seemingly unbounded lake
beautifully placed with mountains. All the happenings of life suddenly
disappeared and all I could wonder was the beauty of nature. Really saying, at this
time I can’t get hold of words to describe that moment..the only I could term
it is as one of the best touch of nature I remember.
But this wasn’t the place we were to stop, rather we were
destined to reach the end of the
lake, to the Garden of Silence. The lake
stretches to around 2.2 kms. So, we set straight our shoes and started to jog
along the stretch of lake. This is the time again worth citing when the cool
breeze passes touching face, legs are about to fall out of fatigue but you are
determined not to stop, brain tries to synchronize with those instrumental
music in headphones, and you close your eyes & this is what you call a real
feel (here, used as the common Hindi
word). All the things seemed to fall in order and whenever stress tried to
knock the door, the moment threw it out by saying-“Damn, can’t you see..m enjoying!” After a long struggle b/w legs
and determination, we finally managed to reach the end, the Garden of Silence.
And I should tell you, when you are totally burnt out after covering a long
stretch along the lake, and you just sit at the Garden while beholding Buddha
(for those who don’t know, a Buddha’s statue has been ensconced at the end of
the lake, in the Garden of Silence), you get to discover your inner silence…a smile happens to come on
you face for no reason! The nature just takes away all your stress &
fatigue and restores your happiness. It shows the love and patience to you as
it were your favorite thing or best friend. I was also lucky enough to witness
the sunrise at the lake and I bet the moment was no less than the same
experienced at Andamans, Kerala beaches or hilly areas. The scenic beauty and
serenity of the place was heavenly. The golden rays of sun shined over the
water to turn the moments into golden one. The flora & fauna got
reinvigorated by sun rays and the melodious humming of birds, and collectively
depicted the Mother Nature.
After enjoying the serenity of nature, we headed back to our campus at around 9.30 and enjoyed our breakfast leisurely at the student centre when making our way back to hostel. J
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