An old trip

Got up pretty early, it is now almost scaring me. I am not sure if the Jet lag is going away, just wondering if it has deepened, or may be I am still settling down so still getting hang of things. Was particularly bored on what to do after doing the daily chores. Thought of putting some really old photos of some initial trips from ittiam.

Started looking at first ever trip to Shivanasamudram. Nitesh and Vaibhav were fascinated about it and picked me up in the morning from 80 feet road, Indiranagar. I used to stay with Gunjan, Anubhav and Kshitiz. I didn't have a bike then. The photos had come really well. We looked so young and "innocent" in those photos and obviously no tummy. There was a smile, almost a pervading one. The day was great, ate anything we found in our way.

They both looked very well-versed with the Kanakpura road. Though near Bangalore, this was the time (sep 2004) when signal connectivity still broke on parts of the highway. Things changed very fast, now Airtel seems to be a ubiquitous one.

There were other things that changed too, while coming back we stopped at the Art of Living centre on Kanakpura road. This is the international ashram for the group founded by Sri Sri Ravishankar. We roamed around the place and appreciated the calm and energetic environment. It was evening before Vishalakshi Mandap was lit. After taking some really nice snaps of this sublime architecture we left. Recently, started visiting the place more frequently. Now, it seems to be housing many more people, there are few huts and pathways which are now unaccessible to commons. Many more auditorium and divine-shops have come on the campus. Still it's a very nice retreat from the daily chores.