Ode to the garden !
Looking back at this year ( not over yet ) , it sure has been manic . Well , for starters this year has been the most we have been to the doctor's office , owing to our GI issues ! If i could sum up 2006 in 1 word , it would be GI -2006 !
I specifically want to write this blog to record the fact my trip to India in April - May was the last trip I made to visit our IPCL residence in Baroda (since my parents moved out ) ,India ! It seems very trivial at the face of it , but sure it brings to closure a plethora of memories and in fact end of a chapter in all our ( my family ) lives .
Just to provide an estimate of the passage of time spent at IPCL , its been a little more than 24 years . Its the soil that made me what I am and stand for it ! . I am extremely reminiscent of the days we spent in the DF type units . It was a spacious 3 bed house with 3 baths , a spacious kitchen and a great garden . Not to mention th fact the we had the luxury of a servant maid who provided most of the kitchen help .
The memories , brings to life days of the 90s . I can vividly recall the boom of cable TV . Me and my friends , clamoring the cable installers and pestering them with queries about our installation . It finally came one find day on our EC color TV with 32 channels . It opened a whole new chapter in my life ,starting with the an introduction to something called as MTV , CNN and the Star network . Finally we could bid adieu to Doordarshan's unexciting programming line-up . It sure was exciting !
I can clearly remember studying for the 10th std board exams , overhearing Whitney Houston exercising her vocal chords from the soundtrack of Bodyguard . I usually used to study in the ambiance of the garden that we had . It was amazing . I have never focussed better anywhere else as I have in my garden . I humbly offer my ode to the trees and the shrubs surrounding that garden. I am truly indebted to you guys . The ambiance that this garden provided , cannot be valued . Not to mention the fact that it was a natural playground for the cats that used to frequent our house. !
Amidst the serenity of this garden I have studied topics ranging from Std X Civics to Communication Theory in Electrical Engineering . The garden still stands , bearing testimony to my life ! we had an amazing rose tree that bore pink roses . There was also a guava tree that had stopped producing any fruit , since the time we started using RIN (detergent ) for washing our clothes , as the water would be routed to the section of the garden where this tree stood .
Finally its the soil that sent me to America to pursue my dreams , where I met my soul mate ! I owe a lot to that soil ! It was the place that I used to seek refuge in times of distress . It has also served as a dining room on certain occasions ! Its also come close to serving as a changing room , providing great camouflage ! . Its served as safe vault providing me support for hiding certain things !
The best part is that it provided a means to test my cricket skills , practice my pace bowling and hone whatever cricket skills i might have !
Even when I was in India , I was not so sentimental about this garden , but slowly reminiscing about IPCL , it hits you that its the garden that has been the ally .
In life we take things for granted . I would have done great disservice to the word "gratitude" by not acknowledging the role of the garden in making me , who I am .
I specifically want to write this blog to record the fact my trip to India in April - May was the last trip I made to visit our IPCL residence in Baroda (since my parents moved out ) ,India ! It seems very trivial at the face of it , but sure it brings to closure a plethora of memories and in fact end of a chapter in all our ( my family ) lives .
Just to provide an estimate of the passage of time spent at IPCL , its been a little more than 24 years . Its the soil that made me what I am and stand for it ! . I am extremely reminiscent of the days we spent in the DF type units . It was a spacious 3 bed house with 3 baths , a spacious kitchen and a great garden . Not to mention th fact the we had the luxury of a servant maid who provided most of the kitchen help .
The memories , brings to life days of the 90s . I can vividly recall the boom of cable TV . Me and my friends , clamoring the cable installers and pestering them with queries about our installation . It finally came one find day on our EC color TV with 32 channels . It opened a whole new chapter in my life ,starting with the an introduction to something called as MTV , CNN and the Star network . Finally we could bid adieu to Doordarshan's unexciting programming line-up . It sure was exciting !
I can clearly remember studying for the 10th std board exams , overhearing Whitney Houston exercising her vocal chords from the soundtrack of Bodyguard . I usually used to study in the ambiance of the garden that we had . It was amazing . I have never focussed better anywhere else as I have in my garden . I humbly offer my ode to the trees and the shrubs surrounding that garden. I am truly indebted to you guys . The ambiance that this garden provided , cannot be valued . Not to mention the fact that it was a natural playground for the cats that used to frequent our house. !
Amidst the serenity of this garden I have studied topics ranging from Std X Civics to Communication Theory in Electrical Engineering . The garden still stands , bearing testimony to my life ! we had an amazing rose tree that bore pink roses . There was also a guava tree that had stopped producing any fruit , since the time we started using RIN (detergent ) for washing our clothes , as the water would be routed to the section of the garden where this tree stood .
Finally its the soil that sent me to America to pursue my dreams , where I met my soul mate ! I owe a lot to that soil ! It was the place that I used to seek refuge in times of distress . It has also served as a dining room on certain occasions ! Its also come close to serving as a changing room , providing great camouflage ! . Its served as safe vault providing me support for hiding certain things !
The best part is that it provided a means to test my cricket skills , practice my pace bowling and hone whatever cricket skills i might have !
Even when I was in India , I was not so sentimental about this garden , but slowly reminiscing about IPCL , it hits you that its the garden that has been the ally .
In life we take things for granted . I would have done great disservice to the word "gratitude" by not acknowledging the role of the garden in making me , who I am .
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