BLMI

What not does a boring, rather monotonous and lengthy internship make you do?
Blog.
Blogsites being the only ones that aren’t blocked, here I go.

Rock walk
Oh yeah, a BMLI (boring, monotonous and lengthy internship) can make you look up an ad in the news paper about a group of enthusiasts going “rock walking”, and make you call up and join them, even if you are totally unaware of the place, group, itinerary. I couldn’t care less, anyway. Have to admit, I was desperate to feel that I had something called a body which has muscles and can workout. Then, I was on my usual roping-in business trying to drag my friends into it too, like a pitcher plant trying to attract insects.
Finally, one gave in.
We started quite early and ended up roaming around the pick-up spot to pass time, till the others turned up. After a lot of confusion (thanks to the multiple crossroads at the spot), we met the group and carpooled to a place which I pass through daily, on the way to my internship. Served well for expecting a change of place! It was pretty interesting to discover that the boulders which seemed trivial and out-of-the-blue amidst the concrete jungle, as seen daily were actually very expansive and had a history of over 2500 million years! The society to save rocks which was conducting this trip was realized by a group of rock climbing, environmental enthusiasts who were awestruck by the quality of rocks here. Living on the Deccan plateau for about 7years now, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed to not know the significance of the ‘rocky’ place. I am sure more than half of the population here doesn’t. But this organization is catching up and lighting the spark. Recently, it had filed petitions asking builders to accommodate rock clusters into the ambience and recreational area. It felt good to see these ideas getting realized already in some buildings printed on their pamphlet and website saverocks.org.

The walk was not physically excruciating, but with such ardent and veteran company, I couldn’t keep myself from trying out jumping above some really deep trenches and climbing steep surfaces I never thought I could. It was easier than the slippery rocks at Tada waterfalls. As usual, I met a diverse set of people who kept interesting and informative company. There was this girl who was 1/8th Norwegian, 1/8th Scottish, 1/4th American, and the ½ Indian part was intact (for obvious reasons). And a German-Indian mix who was having a tough time explaining his equally German-Indian name, which had no meaning, both German and Indian parts of the name meaning ‘emitting radiance’. “Dyutimay” :D . Guess Indian crossing is catching up fast.
That’s pretty much about it, and the next day when I was back on Intern-track, I pointed those boulders to my guide and said “I went there yesterday, doing monkey business”. :D
After I rendered a detailed elucidation, he decided to give it a shot with family!