Our First Visit To a Keralian Home
So yesterday we finally visited a Keralian house hold, belonging to my good friend Nimnaga Koodu. To be fair its quite like a village, but its not like any village in my state West Bengal. And I wish every village in the country was like this one. A real foolish wish! :D
what really stunned me were the people I met. The people i got acquainted with. It was like going back to my home. Yes we were received as guests but there were no unnecessary formalities that needs to be shown. A real homely environment, which accepts guests who are from a place as far as 2600kms away, and doesn't make them feel they are outsiders.
In villages unlike cities, (especially in the metro cities like the one i grew up in), everybody knows each other. That is a known fact, and to be fair, that's how the villages are ought to be. But Annanad seemed to me more like a large closely knit family than just a village. I've been to villages in my state but i have seen the lack of unity, lack of togetherness in them. So are all villages here like this or is this a special one, an exception?? Are all villages in this state like this? If it is then there is a lot the other states in the country can learn from. If this is an exception, then there is a lot the entire country can learn from.
One thing for sure if i found Thekkady a perfect weekend holiday destination, then Chalakudy is good enough for a weekend visit if you want redemption from daily hustle-bustle of the city and pollution free, cool environment. I thank my friends Nimnaga and Anju for taking us their.. We'll be back in Chalakudy again expecting more and traveling around Kerala anticipating more surprises....
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the family
The bird's nest
the chalakudy river
Till then wait for my next blog.......:)
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