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It was the last day of the first series of exams after we crept and crawled into the second year of this labor-intensive, rigor rich academics called PGDM. No one had any particular reason to celebrate , no one (among us) had topped the exam, some might have crashed but that was not going to come up in the paltry discussion we had.
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Our designated pilot decided to take a detour on the way back from the acad block to the ladies hostel … and the detour turned out to be the wide road outside Manipal. And as was the norm, once we reached Manohar Wines; came the familiar question “Where are we headed ?” (after all, depending on the site, we needed to, appropriately, stock up) .
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After some simple deliberation , we decided that it has been quite a while since we last went to our very own Malpe . In fact , setting it aside for so many other more exotic choices, we had not gone there for quite some time.
We made a halt at Prax ; chicken steak burgers, and fish and Thums Up and then we set sail for Malpe.
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Being behind the lens, I take the chance to filter out the noise and simply look at the people before me and I start to understand what comfort zone is all about. What it is to be unguarded and with an ability to let things be, (atleast temporarily) and I find humans so much more beautiful like that. I ask people to pose for me and I see them put up all the walls to hide their perceived insecurities and weakness and shortcomings. I ask them to hang out with their close friends and I stay in the shadows and I see them , bereft of all walls and all of them are beautiful, each and every one of them. And capturing that is so satisfying. The trip was also a small window into the way human relationship works, the way bonds are forged and strengthened. The way friends learn to accept ( and sometimes forgive) , it’s a beautiful process. It’s almost like Nature wants friends to be friends again.
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The beauty of a successful trip lies in 3 things : company, company and company. Maybe I knew it all along, maybe I forgot, maybe I disagreed. But this trip proved it again. The sea, the waves, the breeze, the sultry weather and a good group of people you are comfortable with. We didn’t do anything extraordinary or exciting, or especially memorable to pen down as a tale “remember the time we went to Malpe that other time… ” but it was a good time.
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Sambit, you are too good in ‘freezing’ emotions. Nice collections. Keep it up!