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Children of Ganges (my life) ---part 2

I sat near the river side, My eyes were fixed at n infinite point, Far ahead in the sky, Or other side of the river, Or at moving boats, My legs were wet with the soothing waves Waves touched my feet at with a gentle calmness, as if the river wants to say me something, to comfort me like my mother in childhood when I am stressed.. When the waves touched the pebbles in the river bank, It appeared like the song of a mother, who pampers the child to sleep, the floating diyas and its shivering lights reached me on and off seems it invites me to the lap of the mother Ganges, The low flying birds came frequently my side.. They want to comfort me with their nose diving skills… as if, the mother wish to show me the beauty of our surroundings… Forgetting everything about this world, It’s a perfect place of your thoughts to sleep Switch your mood to an elevated one… But it is the river Ganges give you the feeling of a careful mother, who is a...

Children of Ganges--Part I

Walking in the ghats present you Vivid pictures of life… The children of ganges are found everywhere… toddlers to oldies enjoy the life here… I had a long evening yesterday at ghats… My attention was grabbed by a small group of Kids playing a local game, when the toddler trying to move faster, but falls down, his elder sister come for the rescue there… there is rythem in their movements, forming small circles, speeding up and slowing down further ahead saw some kids sell tea at Harichandra Ghat, it’s a cremation ghat and the common scene is different preparing the dead bodies for cremation, somewhere the flames engulf the burning bodies, but children have no worries ….. they move around casually and serve the needy with water and other stuff strange to see both boys and girls here moving with their routine life in the samsan where even elders fear to go Further ahead, seeing a group of kids playing cricket, there are no boundaries here to...