An old college-mate of mine, Bharat Bhushan Nautiyal, a Hindi journalist of note and a noted political analyst & social commentator of Uttarakhandi and Indian society, was in my neck of the woods for a micro-vacation. I rode down to Lohgad Boating Club on the Pawna dam backwaters to see him and spend some time chatting about old times, and like all old men when they meet, how things have gotten worse since ‘our days’.
Bharat Bhushan Nautiyal and I.
The beautiful Pawna backwaters landscape.
Navel gazing.
Or, more honesty, squinting at the menu because I forgot I was wearing dark glasses instead of prescription reading lenses.
Ready to get your sea legs, sailor?
The Pawna dam in all its glory.
BattleCat III at Kusgaon en route to Pune from Pawna.
