Nellore, Andhra

Nellore looks peaceful these days. After the Telegana bill passed in the parliament, security forces were deployed at every corner of the state. In Nellore too we can see them at every main junction.

Peace prevailed.

Nellore

Komala Vilasam, near the Gandhi Bommallu on the Grand Trunk Road is a good place to eat. Nellore has some wonderful vegetarian restaurants. Komala vilasam is a nice little place where we can have budget Dosas, Idlis and other south Indian breakfast and snacks in a very clean ambience. Self served and no chairs it is one of my favourite eating place at Nellore.

Just a few yards away from the Komala Vilasam is Sasi's C class shop. He is from Trichur and one of my first friends at Nellore. A pleasant man who spends most of the day in his shop at the cross road corner doing business. His hards work and attitude to work is indeed an inspiration for me.

The unity day relating to Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who united nearly 561 princely states to the Indian Union was celebrated in Nellore too. I did not know what it was about when I saw so many school children near the town hall. I came to know the significance only after reading "The Hindu" newspaper later in the day. 

Bay of Bengal

Most of my living years I have spent by the Arabian Sea. Moving to Nellore for a license porgram has given me the chance to taste the life by Bay of Bengal. We escaped the raging fury of Cyclone Phalin which land crashed on Odisha Coast mostly and Helen which hit 100kms away from us. Lehar too was supposed to devastate Nellore but we escaped as it hit little away from us.

It makes me wonder how life would have been pre advanced technology enhanced weather forecasting by the Bay of Bengal.

Nellore

The Saturday morning broke here with fog and dew. A very cold morning indeed.

Just a wall across from my room is the kitchen of a very big hotel. They start very early and closes very late into the night. I wake up hearing them starting the day and goes to bed with the sounds of cleaning the kitchen after a long day. In a way I have lost a sense of time, as they start very early and closes very late at night. If I wake up with them, it will be too early for me, if I go to bed it would be too late for me. Still, I enjoy listening to the voices of so many lives who make a living there and ofcourse the sweet hunger whipping  hum of the dosas frying on the hot plate.

Nellore, Andhra Pradesh has been a sweet experience for me so far. I miss my camera though. My Fuji Fine pix  S9600 fell apart after six years of rigorous use. I could have get it up again, but gave it to an enthusiast who is beginning to learn photography. Still could  not afford a new camera, yet.