marina beach

Marina Beach-World's second longest beach, 12km stretch.
Literally did some swimming in the sea, saw the Chennai Port and then offf...

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trip to Mahabalipuram

Last weekend the three of us packed and went to Mahabalipuram, the place is known for it's ancient architecture. We kicked off at 11 in the morning(I shouldn't say this but, our day starts at this time only), went to the bus stand and boarded an ECR(East Coast Road) bus. It was a 45 minutes journey, but was pleasant, as the road was along the sea coast and I could see the vast coastline running on one side and the rocky mountains of the Eastern Ghats on the other. First saw the famous Five Rathas temple, it was built circa 600 AD and was in the shape of five rathas(chariots) in queue. It still stands strong owing to the fact that the whole piece was carved out from a single rock.

Moving ahead we went to the Light House. This place comprises of two light houses, old light house was of the same era as the temple itself whereas the new one was built in 1900 AD. Looking from the lighthouse I could see the greenish waters of Bay of Bengal. The sky was clear with some clouds and there was cool breeze flowing- the air was fresh and was smelling of the sea-I spent some time here, climbed on the rocks-biggest clusters I have ever seen-and moved down towards the coast. The sea water here was clearer than that at the Besant Nagar beach in Chennai-Mahabalipuram is a very small village as compared to others, and people here do take pride in helping to preserve this old piece of architecture-city life seems surreal in front of all these places. I went into the waters alongwith Raman, with Arun sitting on the shore and going the whole hog to click every moment with Raman's newly bought digicam-in all there were 150 photos taken in Mahabalipuram alone.

Atlast, we moved to the shore temple, it was badly hit by the Tsunami and was getting a renovation. It was built for the Pallava Kings and had of carvings of the various types of goddesses on it's walls. Last we boarded the bus for Chennai and came back. Well ...all in all it was very relaxing time and had a good time.

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ONE LAST TIME

i have come here
for one last time
and this is all
what i have, said he.

with the distant shimmering lights
i saw his frail and swooning figure
and heard his unaccented heavy voice,
the pain he bore in the days of yore.

i looked towards the ground
as my feet became heavy
and i could sense the same fright,
the horror of my previous life.

my senses went numb
as my body grew stiff,
and pain became unbearable
i tried to break away.

last time i stared at him
into those dark yearning eyes
and i slowly receded into the
endless black of that fearful night.

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Some Random Musings:

In the years gone by I've learnt,
life is queer with it's twists and turns,
a man looks with his wistful eyes,
as his inside burns.

I was a wanderer in time and space,
never knew when the race begun,
I frittered and wasted hours
I knew I missed the starting gun.

I woke up crying,
afraid to accept the truth,
my sight was dim,
thought this is my rebirth.

High above my head,
I saw the lustrous sky,
below my feet,
I felt the land hot and dry.

With every ounce of energy,
and every drop of sweat,
I started my work,
Time I wasted I had no regret.

I knew, more will I fail,
the more I cry,
mine will be the empire,
the harder I try.

I set my eyes onto this empire
and looked for the leading way,
now I was on this road of life,
with every pace I saw both love and strife.

People crossed my road,
while making their own,
friends I call them,
from the time unknown.

My road was laden with thorns
which ripped me apart,
ne'er I looked back,
but, continued toiling hard.

And when I was very near to the empire,
nothing could be heard or seen,
as if it could not be,
or, as if had not been.

Last thing I remember,
I was running towards it,
I lost all pain all affection,
as I saw my own reflection.


This poem I wrote when I was to leave for Chennai. I do not feel like giving it any title for the simple reason that anyone who reads it should not relate it with what I thought while writing it.

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