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Afternoon Blues

Mid March 2005 it was my first day after i was relieved from my school, and was mid march, the days were sunny and pleasantly warm ,  nights were cool enough that a little fanning would do away the heat, we had to leave town in ten days and people were either packing or preparing for the journeys , strings of guest would come to bid farewell ranging from my friend to people from dads office, the process never stopped i was in seventh std. and was going to be admitted in the eighth std. in a different town, new town. Apart from bidding goodbye to friends , i thought it was my duty to bid goodbye to the things which normally people would just pass and wont even notice, they meant my world , I, first of all went to the pond near the helipad , this place had seen me become a nature lover , it was most loyal to me , whenever i had a problem and needed a mirror so that i could solve my problems this pond presented itself as a mirror of clear blue water, it talked to me and consoled me

Manali - inside out!

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Manali (alt. 1,950 m or 6,398 ft), in the  Beas River   valley , is an important hill station in the mountains of  Himachal Pradesh ,  India , near the northern end of the  Kullu  Valley. It is located about 250 kilometres (155 mi) north of state capital,  Shimla . Manali is administratively a part of the  Kullu district , with population of approx. 30,000. The small town was the beginning of an ancient  trade route  to  Ladakh  and, from there, over the  Karakoram Pass  on to  Yarkand  and  Khotan  in the  Tarim Basin . If you are heading towards manali from delhi you will come across a lot of intresting things on the way. FIRST: kurukshetra there is bramha sarovar and is belived where Lord Krishna gave the teachings of Geeta to Arjuna BRAMHA SAROVAR History According to  Hindu  scriptures, Lord  Brahma  created the universe from the land of  Kurukshetra  after a huge  yajna . The Brahma Sarovar here is believed to be the cradle of civilisation. The sarovar is also mentioned in th