7th December 2003
We reached Kanya Kumari, the southern most tip of main land Indian. I am sitting at Vivekanand Rock memorial and i am watching the grand sangam of three big seas, The Bay of Bengal, The Arabian Sea and the great Indian Ocean. I again pledge to serve my country till my last breathe. I am currently sitting in front of Vivekanand Rock memorial. I have no words to describe the beauty of this place. The great Indian ocean is washing the feet of our beloved Bharat Mata. I am looking at the vastness of this ocean, no length no limit. Near Rock memorial there is a statue of Tamil Nadu's great son. A great sight that too. Vivekanand memorial was completed on 2nd sept 1970. In the night we visited the photo gallery of Shri Eknath Ji (the person behind the Rock memorial). We have seen the sunset but it was not so great due to clouds. In Kanyakumari we were staying in Vevekananda Kendra and the name of our section was "Kashi". Some body shouted that Laxman and Ganguly were going great after early hiccups in India's first inning against the Aussies in Brisbrane. We saw the sunset but it was not very clear because of the clouds. Our stay at Kanyakumari was one of the best and great moments of my life. I found a great man in Shobhit in Kanyakumari and the great friendship starts now.
8th December 2003
Morning 3:45 AM., we took a train to Trivendrum (not too far from Kanyakumari around 80 miles) . It has been a nice journey so far. We missed the opportunity to watch the sun rise at Cape due to very busy an tight itenary. We have got our hotel in Rajdhani Tourists. It was a quite good hotel. We read in news paper about the fabulous century of Sourav Ganguly at Brisbrane. Manu Awasthi helped me a lot to arrange a tour bus for VSSC at Thumba at 1000 INR compared to the costly arrangement made by SNP at 1800 INR (The legend of Phantom and Mummy was already established on 6th december). Eveybody cheered me :). VSSC is a holy place for a scientist. The magneto equator line passes through this place. A great work by the great son of India, Vikram Sarabhai. We visited the first office of VSSC (established in a Church) now converted into a museum. We asked many questions and all were answered convincingly. I copied down many lines from the great men there.
" We must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problem of man and the society" --- V S (1919-1971)
In the evening we enjoyed the beautiful Koalum beach. Shobhit and Ranjan were ecstatic and so was i. we played with the waves of of the sea. I found a good company in Shobhit and Ranjan. We dined at hotel Suprabhandhan and then we drank the "Choc Sarjah". Some how we (Shobhit and I) were gulping that but that SOB Sarvagya soon discovered that what the frack Sarjah was ;) and the news spread to the entire group about the great taste of Sarjah. So Fubu led the entire team in having that bloody Sarjah and all end's up with the big "Kelas". Some body was smiling. Santosh and Divyalok ran from the railway platform to the shop in order to have the Kela :). It was indeed one of the most funny moments of our tour.
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You spend great time also done a great job in India.
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