Prady: - Come on, let us start walking again. We have taken rest for 10 minutes here.
Arindam: - Yeah, ok, let us start again.
Prady: - Wait, let me ask that shepherd about how much distance is still remaining to reach the Lakhnavaram Lake. Accha, bhaiya, woh Lakhnavaram lake aur kitna door hain, yahaan se?
Shepherd: - Arrey, Sir, can’t you see that milestone? The lake is still at a 4 Km distance from this place and Bussapur village is just 1 km from here.
Prady: - Ok, thanks.
Arindam: - Hmm…we have finished all the drinking water here only. We need to drink water after reaching Bussapur village.
Prady: - Ha ha ha…it is like a military training. After walking for another 1 Km, we will get to drink water, he he he…
***********************
Arindam: - This is the Bussapur village. Let me buy 5 water pouches from this shop.
Prady: - There is an Auto Stand in this village. All are shared autos only.
Arindam: - Ok, in the time of returning to Chalvai village, we will travel by one of these autos only. Take a deep breath and drink water. We need to go another 3 Km to reach the lake. All the autos that are now going towards the lake are all reserved. They will not take us. Forget about the private cars. No one is in a mood to give us a lift. Therefore, we have to rely on our Bus No. 11 only.
************************
Prady: - At last, we have reached the Lakhnavaram lake. We have walked 8 Km. that’s not a matter of joke in this extreme heat.
Arindam: - Baah…this lake is really very big. The water of this lake very clean till now.
Prady: - Hey, what is that?
Arindam: - Arrey, it’s a lachman jhula…
Prady: - Ha ha ha…arrey yaar, that’s a cantilever bridge made by using ropes and woods.
Arindam: - Whatever it is. In my childhood days, I went to one part of India, where there was a similar kind of bridge, known as lachman jhula. It looks quite similar to that.
Prady: - Come on, let us cross this bridge to find out what is happening on that little island of the lake.
***********************
Arindam: - See the fun…these people are having a gala picnic out here. All the big aunties and naughty uncles are bathing in the lake. The water in this part is getting polluted. You can never guarantee that they are not urinating under the water, while bathing.
Prady: - Ha ha ha…the cold water of the lake will become hot…he he he…If I would have known beforehand that one can bath in this lake water, then I would have brought a towel and a half-pant with me.
Arindam: - Don’t even think of bathing in this water. Allergy ho jaayega…Look at the condition of the water. These people are also eating their foods in Saal-patta and throwing those things in the lake water only.
Prady: - These people have brought their home cooked foods to this place and are eating them now. It is unlike the Bengali picnic, where we people go to the picnic spot and start cooking Chicken curries, rice and other foods.
Arindam: - These people don’t need to cook anything like that because they eat only idli, dhosha and sambhar. The expense in a Telugu Picnic is much less than that in the Bengali picnic and have less fun and entertainment also.
No comments:
Post a Comment