Ennangal

Its not my first time, I have experienced this feeling, this pain earlier. It is the pain of being cheated and let-down, just that this time the degree is more. I grew up with the belief that if you do good you will reap good. So, when things don’t work that way, when you face it blatantly it was hard. My nephew, the only alive witness to my dad’s will who had agreed to affirm the validity of the will in a legal process used the opportunity to sabotage. Two weeks back when I spoke to him his response was very positive, himself said to ignore the misunderstandings between our mother’s. But morning when I called him his tone, tenor, cross-examinations, rudeness revealed his intention to hurt and to instigate, saying “I cannot come anywhere and everywhere to sign as you ask to”. I closed asking him to do whatever he feels correct as per his moral values. I was devastated. Lady of my age group driving the car was completely shaken up after she hit my car (actually my Brother in law’s)....

Finally, I too did it. I completed Great Malnad Challenge (GMC) 7-day mountain biking of 500 plus KMs in the blissful western ghats. All along in my life I have had zero inclination towards any physical activity leave alone sports, and continued life happily enjoying work and running a family. My colleague who knew how late I started my preparations for GMC quipped “It was your will power Janaki” and I knew it too – it was the only reason that kept me going. The trigger was our treks, started off as small explorations, soon geared up as a family trekking group (with kids). The intoxicating beauty of nature, explored in the best possible mode, the breath of fresh air, eye opener to simple living paved way to explore western ghats in a bike. This comes as a package, you also become healthy 😊 . Our longest trek was to Chandrashila peak, a 5-day trek at Uttarkhand in 2016 as a group of 20 people from Bangalore and Chennai – some friends and their friends all manged to connect and start ...