Off to Shimla

Anyone would have happily welcomed the chance to escape the oppressive Hyderabad heat and to spend a week in Shimla. Though I have got this chance I am unable to feel any excitement about it. In fact I feel a bit apprehensive about the trip. I had not felt this level of anxiety even when I was going to the Andamans for three months a long time back. It is too late now to call it off since all arrangements have been made. Though I've looked for reasons to avoid the trip I haven't succeeded. My train ticket was confirmed at the last moment so there really is no way but to go to Shimla. By the time this appears on the blog I will chugging away in the Andhra Pradesh Express to Delhi.

The bright side of the trip would be the time I will spending with my two nephews. I am looking forward to meet the two tiny kids. After a day in Delhi I will be in a Volvo bus to Shimla on Sunday. I plan to look for Mashobra after I reach Shimla. I heard it is somewhere nearby, about an hour away from Shimla. I'm taking along Pico Iyer's 'Video Nights in Kathmandu' and a book on writing screenplays. If all goes well I might return with a story. But that is not what I am going for. I am on an official trip to get trained at an agricultural institute at Mashobra. Unfortunately I am forced to make this trip without a camera.

So there might be a break in blogging for about two weeks. I will take the opportunity to think of some changes in the blog. I've realised that I am going overboard with certain things. Someone had told me that I am too sarcastic and that my humor borders on the juvenile. It means that I have to work on these two aspects and try to think of other ways to get my point across. I look forward to making the changes. If I am able to access the internet at Mashobra then I might do a post. Until then bear with the interruption.