It is strange how more materialistically privileged one is,
the more buildings and garbage that surrounds them. The most underprivileged
have the best surrounding to live in, the best landscape to boast about. These lines might not make an impact or even
make any sense unless you experience it firsthand.
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I have walked the filthy streets of Bandra and the
breathtaking emptiness that is Danushkodi, both these places will extract a
heavy toll if you want live there, but at the end only one will make you rich
in a way you will never realize, the other will simply leave you empty. One will take everything from you and help you
find yourself; other will give you everything and make you lose yourself and
your true identity.
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| The ruins from the 1964 hurricane |
There are no concrete buildings here, all that protects the
simple fisher folk from the endless wind is a thatched hut. Here the kids learn
to count with the stars, they learn to fish before they walk. There is no electricity,
no cellular network and no buildings here. There is simply nothing here. The
endless empty expanse is strikingly beautiful.
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| Danushkodi village |
Land here has decided to mimic the sea. The undulating dunes
and faultless flats, to me it seems like the sea was frozen into solid earth by
a whimsical god - One extending into another uninterrupted. The land and sea
both acts like puppets in the hands on the endless wind, which rules this world
absolutely. We humans will always be an outsider here... we will always be at
the mercy of the elements here, a mere spectator and sometimes the victim of
the constant war that is waged between the elements. There are very few who can call this place
home. Six hundred strong settlements in Danushkodi have some amazing tales to
tell. Go find them, hear them out, if you can take time off from the busy schedule
and see what it feels like to live on the other side of the line, on the other
side of where your reality ends.
Thank you Jasdeep, you are an awesome travel companion. Cheers
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Meetu
thank you for this trip. 