Walks and writing go hand-in-hand. Just ask Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Henry David Thoreau, William Wordsworth, and more recently, Rebecca Solnit. I love to go for walks too – not the legendary, miles long walks of Wordsworth over hills and dales, or the gently pondering ramble of Thoreau in the woods – but something shorter, on a comparatively empty stretch of a sidewalk that runs parallel to the buzzing energy that is Sheikh Zayed Road, surrounded by fantastically shaped towers that pierce the sky, palm trees that line the sidewalk and multi-hued petunias and vincas working hard to make you forget that you are in the middle of a desert.
I like the style. Simple lines, as if you are talking to your inner self, yet which convey a lot. Like when you say 'As I walk, fragments of poems form in my head..'. Somewhat similar to my fav Gulzar sahib.
I stopped in Dubai for 16 hours on MY way to a not-so-epic Himalayan odyssey. I was sick and wet for two weeks on my way into the Langtang region. But I do enjoy reading about others’ treks. Thx for the life details, and for subscribing to the Road to Elsewhere.
Hey Binu! I’m intrigued by your “Himalayan wanderings” and looking forward to reading more about them. But it makes me wonder: are you a Nepali? Where do you live? I looked for bio details in your “about” page, but that didn’t solve the mystery. Maybe in a future post, if you feel moved to tell your story a little? Would enjoy having the perspective.
I loved the soothing tone that you set the piece in. It had a calming effect on the mind.
I like the style. Simple lines, as if you are talking to your inner self, yet which convey a lot. Like when you say 'As I walk, fragments of poems form in my head..'. Somewhat similar to my fav Gulzar sahib.
Looking forward to more from you. Great writing.
Loved it
I stopped in Dubai for 16 hours on MY way to a not-so-epic Himalayan odyssey. I was sick and wet for two weeks on my way into the Langtang region. But I do enjoy reading about others’ treks. Thx for the life details, and for subscribing to the Road to Elsewhere.
Loved it👌👌
Smart lead up to ‘ramblings’. I loved it. Just.
Beautiful Binu
Love it,reading through the post made me happy even though you forgot to mention Robert Burns😈 though he comes up with some funny stuff.
As I walk'd by myself, I said to mysel,
And myself said again to me;
Look weel to thyself, or not to thyself,
There's nobody cares for thee.
Then I answer'd mysel and I said to mysel;
Whatever be my degree,
I'll look to mysel, and I'll think o' mysel,
And I care for nobodie.
Hey Binu! I’m intrigued by your “Himalayan wanderings” and looking forward to reading more about them. But it makes me wonder: are you a Nepali? Where do you live? I looked for bio details in your “about” page, but that didn’t solve the mystery. Maybe in a future post, if you feel moved to tell your story a little? Would enjoy having the perspective.
Seeing this after a delay. Loved the line 'The yellow carpet of God' as a description for fall.