My Summer of 2014

This was my first summer in Dehradun. In the beginning it was planned that I would spend the summer with my grandparents in Kolkata. But then there was a change in plan and my parents (mainly mother) decided that as I had to improve up my Hindi and handwriting, I needed to stay in Dehradun and work on them.

I had assumed that it would one long boring holiday but it turned out to be quite fun. I joined a summer camp and mornings were spent in playing basketball, skating, badminton.Afternnon I went for my Hindi classes to Shalini maam's house where I made friends with Khushi and Kulbir.

In between I went for two short trips. One was to Karnal and Delhi to see the Audi showrooms over there. I was really vowed by the world of cars. Amazing , spellbound, whatever adjective you say, I can vouch for it.

The other trip to a small hilly village called Nagthat. Initially we had planned to go to Mussorie but on getting to know from Sanjeev bhai ( who stays there) that the place was overflowing with people from the plains, we changed our plans and went to this little known one-hotel village near Chakrata. The village was totally empty of tourists ( I don’t think anyone know of it other than my mother, who has is a genius in spotting empty scenic places even in peak season). The place had only 1 3-roomed quaint hotel and we got the room with best view.

 Afternoon I played cricket with village boys and then spent some time in the kitchen watching auntie making rotis in the clay oven. Dinner was a simple but delicious affair of country chicken and rotis.

In the morning we trekked among the cool green hills and as the sun began climbing in the sky, it was time to head back to Dehradun.

The drive back through desolate mountain roads was lovely. I just pray the crowds don’t “discover” the place and turn it into another mini-Mussorie.