Suffocating
hot and perspiring humidity oh June Kolkata compelled me to escape from plain
land to Sikkim in search of a hilly refuge. Sikkim , my all time favorite state
lured me again to take covert in her " thanda thanda cool cool" lap.
Even before crossing the West Bengal - Sikkim border at Melli , overcast sky
greeted the vehicle. Teesta and Rangeet rivers, green mountainscapes and
cloudscapes of different shades of grey not only cooled the sweating body ,
turned the tired mind to a refreshed and frisky one. When reached Gangtok by
late afternoon, a drizzle started which turned to heavy shower just after I checked in the hotel.
A
very late and light lunch cum evening snacks and I got ready for a evening stroll.
But the rain crossed cats and dogs status and reached " tigers and
lions" stage by then. So had to wait for a while. By 7 pm it settled down
to a light drizzle again and a thick layer of mist covered the whole area. As I
had not carry any umbrella with me and the cold was not bone penetrating,
decided to get drenched a bit. Left the camera in the hotel room, covered the
head with windcheater hood and I was on Mahatma Gandhi Road, the Mall area and
heart of Gangtok city. People with moods as colorful as their apparels and
umbrellas, the decorative lights , the reflections on wet asphalts was so
alluring that I cursed myself for not carrying the camera with me. But the hotel
was not only distant , I had to ascend again to reach the uphill Mall which
appeared very tiring to me then. So and so and so , decided to capture the
evening with my mobile. Sharing some
frames from that collection.
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