RIFLE RANGE BOY

*Lyrics from Joni Mitchell's ' Big  Yellow Taxi ' It is said that India is the only country that did not persecute its Jews. It is said to be ever embracing other cultures without making compulsions. The Indian civilization view every moment of time of a lifetime as a continuum, a figment of time, a drop in the proverbial in the ocean of milk a.k.a. Milky Way. People may come and people may go. Civilizations and conquerors spring and dissipate but Mother Nature drags on through space. This analogy is succinctly depicted in the history of Mauritius. The inhabitants were leading a peaceful life with their dodo birds and forest. Life was peaceful and the equilibrium was maintained under the auspices of Mother Nature. Civilizations decadent of their own doings, full of disease and ill intentions had to escape their shores, like roaches escaping their hideouts after a whiff of insecticide, started crawling to their shores. Stories like these are too far too many to be ...

Just when you thought you know everything, something happens and your whole post disappears into thin air and you start thinking, perhaps you need one of those help books aptly named 'Computers for dummies'. Now I have to redo the whole post, sigh! So I thought to myself...  What better way to end my half century of existence and to usher in the remaining whatever with a getaway away from it all and indulge in an passion of mine all the same time. Then it popped out from nowhere. Marathon at the sunny beaches of Ile Maurice, Mauritius.  I can get my fix and my other half can immerse herself in the thoughts on the umpteen Hindi movies that she seen that were shot there in the Indian Ocean paradise. She can make believe that she is dancing amidst the sun, sea, sky and scenery.  Upon arriving at SSR airport, I thought that everyone would be hyped by the event. Actually, there was hardly any publicity. 14th July 2013. Tamassa Hotel. The shuttle bus took contestants ...