28 hours on NH 113 - a different sunrise
Tehuliyang, NH113, Arunachal Pradesh "What do you mean by accept people and situations as they are?" a participant asked in a course I was teaching. I said - keeping your mind calm under any situation and then doing what you need to do. On May 1, en-route Walong, Arunachal Pradesh we were met with a landslide and road block in NH113 near Tehuliyang. This was because of heavy, unexpected and incessant rains. We waited for sometime and decided that the safer option was to retreat to the origin ( Khupa ). After coming back a few kilometers, we saw that the road that we had passed an hour back was now flooded with water up-to many feet. There was no way to go further. We were trapped. It was afternoon and rain was pouring. No mobile network. The road clearing work could not start till the weather improved. It was beginning to get dark. We had children and senior citizen in-laws accompanying us. Other than some light snacks for munching we did not have any food. If ever...