terror in bombay 26th, 27, 28th...nov '08

to fly we have to have resistance

'It is impossible to attempt and not find out what is possible' - it's what i think. i wouldn't have known that i could fly like a bird one day. i would have remained ignorant to the fact that i can make time for myself and do the little things that i have always wanted to do. paragliding didn't just give me wings to fly, but it also gave wings to my thoughts and imagination. i have been thinking about it for 3 years, and finally did it in october this year. like nike says - just do it. - think that's the only way to live and explore life, and live it to the fullest. i want to dive to the bottom of the sea, sit amongst the penguins, go to space, amazon, write a book, paint...and i have been only thinking about all these things. but paragliding has surely confirmed one thing that i must not just think, but do it, lest life gives up on me.

haven't been blogging for a long while now. why? 'coz, i'm sick of sitting at one place staring into the monitor and typing on the keyboard all day long - seven days a week, 365 days a year. i needed to do go out. jump around. burn something. dive into a lake. run for miles till my lungs cried for help.

well, finally, i did what i'd been dreaming for years. fly. i finally made my way to this quaint li'l village called uksan, near kamshet. lived in one of the most beautiful homes i have ever seen, with some of the most wonderful people i have ever met. and then, i went for my P1 course in paragliding. i, now, truly know why sanjay and astrid rao have name it 'nirvana' adventures.

i'm yet to do my P2 course, but the little 1-minute flights are just about perfect for my li'l heart, which has been craving for freedom - from this pathetic world. having spent some wonderful time there, i just can barely wait to go there again.