The clacking sounds that a flowing stream makes, trying to make it's way across boulders and pebbles hindering it's path. Imagine these sounds being shattered by a couple of birds chatting away. And being able to stay silent and engulf yourself in this transcendental quietness
This is Andretta for me! Calm, serene and unperturbed. A remote village in the Palampur valley of Himachal Pradesh, this small wonder will sweep you away,quite silently.
Silence: unlike it's literal meaning, today has an uncanny interpretation, or atleast that being my reference point. Silence to me is when you can hear yourself speak without orating a word; when you and your mind tends to converse at length about topics - random and peculiar.
Back in Delhi, while watching Boston Legal (a TV series based on a court-room drama set in Boston), I fondly related to this old judge who didn't want "no jibber jabber" in his court room. Admitting the judge seemed irrational and whimsical, it got me thinking ! Don't we "jibber jabber" way too much??
At the risk of sounding cliché, with all the jibber jabber imposed on all of us, in form of media-blitz, social circuits, opinions and agenda being coaxed down one's throat, shouldn't one just crave for silence ? Further there seems to be a constant need of being spoken to or with, through means electronic and otherwise. We wish to tweet, post, blog, chat & tag at blitzkrieg speeds everything and anything. A quick chat with your own self must now become a luxurious necessity.
Surprisingly, it was Andretta which granted me this luxury of speaking to myself. Thanks to the limited phone networks, bleak phone charges and further limited people around, just a trek in the hills, was a sheer piece of heaven.
Established almost a century back, Andretta has always been a tranquil abode to artists from all over the world. The village 'godmother' Norah Richards, brought in theatre artists, painters and potters from sub-continental Punjab and so the tale began. And 90 years later, the village still remains as honest and peaceful as it might have been when it was set-up. Andretta Pottery setup & homestay still brings in enthusiastic amateurs in this picturesque village to hone their skill.
Personally I was plainly smitten by the honesty and easiness of the valley. Oddly enough amongst all this plainness, there seems to be overwhelming realization while you leave Andretta of knowing yourself better. And sometimes that's all you need to get your internal affairs sorted (pun intended)!!
This is Andretta for me! Calm, serene and unperturbed. A remote village in the Palampur valley of Himachal Pradesh, this small wonder will sweep you away,quite silently.
Silence: unlike it's literal meaning, today has an uncanny interpretation, or atleast that being my reference point. Silence to me is when you can hear yourself speak without orating a word; when you and your mind tends to converse at length about topics - random and peculiar.
Back in Delhi, while watching Boston Legal (a TV series based on a court-room drama set in Boston), I fondly related to this old judge who didn't want "no jibber jabber" in his court room. Admitting the judge seemed irrational and whimsical, it got me thinking ! Don't we "jibber jabber" way too much??
At the risk of sounding cliché, with all the jibber jabber imposed on all of us, in form of media-blitz, social circuits, opinions and agenda being coaxed down one's throat, shouldn't one just crave for silence ? Further there seems to be a constant need of being spoken to or with, through means electronic and otherwise. We wish to tweet, post, blog, chat & tag at blitzkrieg speeds everything and anything. A quick chat with your own self must now become a luxurious necessity.
Surprisingly, it was Andretta which granted me this luxury of speaking to myself. Thanks to the limited phone networks, bleak phone charges and further limited people around, just a trek in the hills, was a sheer piece of heaven.
Established almost a century back, Andretta has always been a tranquil abode to artists from all over the world. The village 'godmother' Norah Richards, brought in theatre artists, painters and potters from sub-continental Punjab and so the tale began. And 90 years later, the village still remains as honest and peaceful as it might have been when it was set-up. Andretta Pottery setup & homestay still brings in enthusiastic amateurs in this picturesque village to hone their skill.
Personally I was plainly smitten by the honesty and easiness of the valley. Oddly enough amongst all this plainness, there seems to be overwhelming realization while you leave Andretta of knowing yourself better. And sometimes that's all you need to get your internal affairs sorted (pun intended)!!
haha! my internal affairs shall get sorted in binsar! :)
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