Mysooru flashbacks 1

Mysooru has always been a dear place. With so many great moments to cherish from the four years spent there, no wonder I still look for excuses to go back there :-). (My long term wish is to settle down in that city!). So, it is no surprise that I drove down there last Monday to attend Guru's wedding.

It was probably the first time Amma came along for a day trip where we had time to spare. Simha was also there with his family. I took the opportunity to show them around the places that were graced by our presence during the days Harry, Proms and me sleepcycled on our journey to get a degree.

For starters, the choultry Guru got married was on the same street we (well, mostly Harry [thanks buddy!]) used to cycle down to the "Mess" to get "Sambar" during our first year. Two streets up was the place where we lived during the time. (Oh! who can forget those cold water baths during the chilly December mornings. We did have a tiny 2lt geyser to start with, but our owner thought it was more important to have hot water wash his posterior than us taking a hot water bath... so the geyser was relocated to.. you know where. But I digress).

Driving around the familiar streets brought back a lot of wonderful moments and quite a few stories associated with them. You'll read about a few of them in subsequent posts.

PS: Since the new road was laid, I've driven down multiple times. This was probably the first time I did not see an accident on the Mysore road, which is a good thing. What distresses me though is, just a fortnight ago, a distant relative passed away in a road accident on that very road, courtesy a drowsy driver.