These words seem to have come from the mouth of some great thinker in a very high class gathering. If i say that they came from a waiter in Chilka Dhaba...a small highway dhaba near the Chilka lake, it will seem like a very strange thing. Actually the reference in this case was to a query about any cold drinks which they may have and his reply was "Everything is nothing" meaning that all the drinks that we asked for, none of them was their. strange eh? stranger things happen.
The above incident occurred on our night tryst with Oliver Ridley Turtules which was arranged by Prakriti the nature club of XIMB for us a couple of days back. These turtles come on the coast in these 4-5 days at a place near the Chilka lake to lay their eggs...and they come in thousands. A nice adventure and some good company was what made the trip a really memorable one. Entire B-top along with Meera and Manu and Satyen were in one car and we had some great fun inside as well as on the beach. Apart from the turtles which surely were scared seeing so many ppl thr, the beach during night with the waves shining and the foam glimmering made for a spectacular view. The stars also seem to have a way with expression specially for ppl who come from the city. u might just be stunned into silence if u see a night sky in the wild for the first time. the sheer quantity of the stars is enuf to make one think about his place in this universe again. The eggs of the turtles which our guide quitely dug out and kept in my hands felt and looked like TT balls. The guide told us that we could keep them in formalin and they will hatch. none of us was interested in that kind of a pet so we gave the eggs back to him and he promptly slid them into his bag....most probably to make an aumlette in the morning.
Some great experiences i have had in these last few days of my stay in ximb...sure hope that these continue forever.
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