Day 19 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

Yesterday morning the three of us left for our village at 7.30 to attend a religious function in our village.

Day 18 of the March SOLSC! #SOL21

Aravind and I were going there after a year. This was an experience of a life time because my family has been going there  regularly, to be with my father-in-law since we got married in 1982. And to not go there for a year felt very strange.
I was wondering if there would be any changes.  But the only change was seeing people wearing masks.

Near the main bus station in our town there was a gathering of migrant workers, both men and women. They were daily wage workers waiting to go to wherever they would get work. It is a sad fact of life that for them not just Covid but any health problem is a disaster.

We were traveling on the highway.  It is an unfortunate truth that many of my country people lack civic sense. It hurts to see garbage strewn around in some places. This will only change when people of each area see to it that their place is clean.

We stopped at our favourite restaurant on the way for breakfast.  The food was as tasty as ever.The waiters were  masked. They smiled in recognition as we always breakfast there on our way to our village. We too always wear masks when we go out.

Our village is 112 kms away. On the way we cross river Nethravati. It one of the main rivers in our part of the country.  Unfortunately, in recent years we were reading in the papers about people jumping off the bridge and dying by suicide. Something seemed different as we approached the bridge. Barbed wire fences were erected on both walls of the bridge with the sharp wires turning inwards.

We reached our home by 10.15. My brother-in-law was ready and we all went to the house where the function was happening. It is a little away from the main road. It was an experience of a life time. I will write about it in another post.
We left at four and reached home at seven. On the way we refreshed ourselves with tender coconut water and the soft fruit inside. This is very tender and is not used in cooking.

We were a little delayed because we were talking and missed the turning on the highway towards our town. We took another road and found a lot of repair work going on and there were many diversions which confused us.
A long day but we were happy to have attended the function.