Sundar Sundar Sangli

I have taken a long leave of absence from this personal cyber space here… mostly cause I haven’t really travelled or noted anything worthy to share. Laziness – a defining factor of the Leonine gene, of course didn’t exactly help things along. Finally, I took a trip (official) to Sangli a district in Western Maharashtra. As a part of my workday, we trotted through agricultural fields for 3 days and what an experience it was! Overcast skies screened us from the otherwise scorching sun that typically lights up this rain shadow region. A light drizzle accompanied the gentle breeze that cooled our weary bodies as we trekked across fields and unpaved dusty roads. The vast expanse of land interspersed with trees and a non-uniform grassy cover reminded me of Texan plains and how they would have looked following a “storm” (my Texan friends call even small rain events storms if they linger for more than couple hours)! I sorely missed my easel and canvass as the countryside lay there as though waiting to be captured on to a canvass or camera reel. It was a perfect setting for a love duet (for our beloved Bollywood flicks), a stage for the female lead seducing her lover to a haunting number! Chopra clan are you listening? J