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2021- An ephemeral encounter with detachment

 Today is Friday, evening of Jan 7th, 2022.  I am overwhelmingly calm and happy since few days(4-5 days). I have observed that of late, I am having such bouts of happy days. I wonder whether I have gotten  possessed by some happy devil or someone feeds some happy pills to me secretly or the theory of quantum entanglement is actually applicable to huge bodies too and my quantum twin is having a great time. Is it the weather, is it my hormones, is it luck, enlightenment or am I at a polar end of bipolar disorder? When I muse about it, I have come to note that at such happy moments, I am not worrying about anything, neither apprehensive of future nor mulling over the past. I have no long term plans, no big dreams, no wants. I have started accepting myself as I am. No regrets about my decisions, no embarrassment about my mistakes. I am confident in my skin and poised in my personality.  Probing deeper into my current status, if I run analytics, I realize that I have stop...

Kashmir- heaven on earth

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Organizer: Mango Leaf Holidays From Bangalore to Srinagar and back: Date: 12/05/2023 to 17/05/2023(4N/5D) Day 0: Departure: from Bangalore by Spice jet at 7:55pm on 12th May 2023. As per the booking, the waiting time was 6.5 hours in Delhi airport. But, the onward flight from Delhi to Srinagar got delayed by 3 hours. We had to wait in Delhi airport for 9 hours. Boarded our flight in Delhi at 9:00 am. Day 1: Arrival to Srinagar at 11:00am.  The taxi was waiting for us in Srinagar. We were dropped at the hotel Adlife in Srinagar. We were welcomed with their traditional drink- Kahwa. We had our lunch in the hotel and left for Mughal gardens at 1:30 pm.  1.Cheshmashahi garden:  Our taxi stops at the parking lot near the Tulip garden. The tulip garden is in bloom in March and April. We didn't get to see any of it. We have to hire an auto to the Cheshmashahi garden which is located at a little higher altitude, It is a well maintained garden. There are photographers who take ou...