May20
North East India.
Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind geographically is Kolkata or Assam / Guwahati. To some more travelled people, it might include Shillong or Gangtok. And that is what we refer to as North East. Imagining North East, what we end up thinking of are people called chinkis, which is used in an offensive manner most of the times.
They say Ignorance is Bliss. That’s how the majority of our country lives. In ignorance, of our country and its people itself.
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March5
And I felt fresh the next morning (1st march ). At 7am when I woke up, it was bright sunshine. At 8am, it had started raining. We next went to the Tawang monastery, which does not really appear so big. There is a cultural school. Further inside is the main monastery, with a beautiful Buddha statue. This place was very peaceful, and I felt like just sitting here forever. There was a small museum, housing relics mostly of the 6th Dalai Lama ( who was born in this monastery ). The surrounding settlement was huge, and the views in certain areas of the valley around were awesome. It was raining constantly.
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March5
It’s like a hidden jewel, nestled deep amongst mountains. Tawang. Home to the 2nd largest monastery. For anyone here at IITG, a trip to Tawang is a must in the 4 years he/she spends here. It’s like a pilgrimage. And recently I happened to be one of the pilgrims 
. A short trip to Tawang usually takes about 5 days. And a longer one, even more.
Getting there by road takes about 2 days from Guwahati. By Air, there is a helicopter service. But this depends on the weather, which is not so clear all the time. I set out with friends ( 13 of us in total ) on 27th Feb 2010 from IITG. We had 2 cars a Scorpio ( for the guys ) and a Tavera ( for the girls ). The journey initially to Tezpur was mainly about wide straight roads, surrounded by green fields and occasional towns. We made a stop for stocking up cash near Tezpur, which is advisable mostly.
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May21
Well its been a long time. And it has been, kind of tough too. I just started work. Work, for the first time in my whole 20 years life. And to be really frank it has not been so good. I just expected it to be a cakewalk. After all, after PintOS and Networks and Compiler Labs what more harder things could there be. But i have been proved wrong. And in a thumping manner.
Initially, after getting here i was very tense about how i will manage. And i took some wrong decisions, which cost me mentally and financially. But right now, things have stabilised. I am living much better and peacefully. So more about work then. The first day, Read the rest of this entry »
March23
It started out as the last trip with friends, with sudden random plans to go out. Till Friday evening there was no confirmed plans to go out. Saturday morning we did take off. Where to, i had no idea even as we reached Guwahati.
The first task was getting a taxi. We were going to Bhalukpong. I really had not much idea about the place. We were guessing the taxi cost for return trip at perhaps 2000 bucks for 2 day. After much negotiating and bargains we settled at Rs.5000 for a Sumo to Bhalukpong return for 2 days approx. So roughly at 9am we set out for Bhalukpong. The road was pretty much good and some of the towns we crossed were Dalgaon, Mangladai, Dhekiajuli. The major city on the way is Tezpur. Well the road branches, 5 KM before Tezpur, and all Arunachal Pradesh (AP) bound people can turn there and avoid Tezpur if they want. Well Bhalukpong, as it turned out, is in Arunachal Pradesh too. Finally we reached ’Bhalukpong’ . Bhalukpong is roughly 230-250 KM from Guwahati ( Paltan bazaar ).
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