Travelling.. packing.. moving to new places.. not by passion or hobby but a quotidian..this was pretty much my life.. I am an army kid :)
When we tell stories of how we have been to almost every part of India, it sounds amusing and I would be lying if I say it's not..!!
Here it is in words..
I was born in Jammu and Kashmir when Siachen was almost a done deal, but this deal was never operationalised b'coz Indian political leadership developed cold feet though the Pakistan's army cheif general Ashfaq Pervez Kayani offered a proposal that met India's demands,since the avalanche earlier this year was on the pakistani side and killed more than 100 soldiers and civillians. Narsimha Rao was PM India then and BJP's campaign against Babri masjid was in high gear so Siachen quickly recended from government's list of priorities.
Well while all this was happening I was finally coming out of my mom's womb after 10 months :P Yeah!! may be I felt more comfortable there so I stayed for a li'll longer :P Before I could gain enough senses we shifted from jammu to Silchar the "Island of Peace" as said by Indira Gandhi as otherwise disturbed Northeast, a city situated at banks of Brahamaputra river.
There I started my Pre-school days, being a two and a half year old all I can remember is our school was somewhere between green hills and we stayed in GREF headquarters, greatest perk of being in force is you get to stay in some awesome green and beautiful campuses, so we were safe to play outdoor games in campus though I remember getting locked inside a water tank once by a local labor who was drunk in evening and i was playing out in campus, he was then beaten up to death almost by my dad and later he apologized and begged for his job back to dad..i don't remember more of this story neither do i remember any of my classroom memories from there :P (I wonder if I have attended any or not :P) while i do remember the school playground which was at a steep between two hills and the Mary-Go-Round there used to be my favvv swing :P I remember fighting with a lot of kids coz I never used to vacate my place while others used to come and go by turn. (may be I started following all those luminaries who says "Do What You Love" at a very young age :D )
My nonage could create this li'll omnibus shelve of memories in Silchar and we shifted to most northeastern state of India which shares international border with Bhutan in west, Myanmar in east and China in north with most disputed McMohan Line, land of Dawn-Lit mountains.. Orchid State of india.. and Paradise of Botanist.. yeah you guessed it right.. we shifted to Arunachal Pradesh and the callow again had to fight for settling up at new place making new friends which was not much difficult as I was getting good at this gradually...
People there mostly trace their origins to Tibeto-Burman community, with all this there is a lot more to write... can't wait that long.. so sharing it unfinished :-P ..will share the later part soon ;-) <3
"" The Secret is to live a Story ;-) ""
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