My last summer has been full of adventures for me. I was on my longest ever trip to new places. I almost travelled half of Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Tiruchendur, Tenkasi and Kuttralam and I encountered some of the best humans living on earth today. The first I would like to mention is none other than Mrs. Traude Englert, who by name sounds a foreigner but is an Indian by soul. A lady that never gives up on anything and is always calm and smiling in every sphere of time. A lady so gentle at heart, who loves to admire nature and animals; be it a cat , fiery dogs or the giant elephant. She can communicate with even the rare species of a kind. A mother who is above all the blood relations. She was born and brought up in Austria but seeing her speaking Tamil without hindrance, one is left amused as if she has been living in India for years.
Then I met Mr. Vishwanathan, who is the management trustee of the Aum Pranav Ashram. A man par excellence, full of wisdom and spirituality. A super cool man but responsible towards his duties. He can be found reciting bhajans always and his faith in GOD's supremacy is undoubted. His knowledge of mythological scripts and vedas is commendable. His positive attitude always encourages people regardless of the fact of knowing him or not. His actions and speech can easily command over anyone. He is excellent at catching up with children.
Mr. Karl is anther such personality who influenced me a lot. All Indians who think India is no more a great country should meet Mr. Karl. He is wise enough to let you think if you are actually doing what you are meant to. An ingenious soul who can reach to anyone beyond the boundaries of language and nation. A lively and jolly man always full of spirit. I really had a great time with him and hope to meet with him in future again. His wife, Catherina is also a pe
rfect example of benevolence and humanity. She is so helping, caring and an example of selfless service.
I find myself lucky enough to find good companions in Evelyn, Mariella and Karin(pronounced as Kha-rin).the first time i met Karin, i felt like what a fool she is who forgot her password but later i realized that she is a lady with golden heart. She is very sensitive, ebullient and helpful. It was really a great time and a fun to enjoy the company of this trio.
I often cracked jokes on Mariella's meal as she was always taking coffee when we were having meals on table. At maximum, she was taking herbal pills to keep her belly busy with some food intake.
Not to forget, "The Throwballer", Savitri, daughter of Mam Traude and Sir. She was very very very......sweet(imitating her expression) and a good athlete too. I called her Surya freak as she is a big fan of Tamil actor Surya....(God save her!!!).
The list goes on and on.....even the little rockers of Ashram Karrupswamy(whom I named "Corruption"), brilliant Aiyappan, the most charming Ramlakshmi and Saraswati, the sleeping beauty Chitra(as she is always sleeping in prayer), notorious Velmurugan, cute Dinu. I just loved all those kids with whom I danced, watched movies(secretly) and had a real blast.
Even the dogs Satya(whom i called the friend of Ashok as he is also lazy like him), Abhirami, Saumya, Narayani, Chandra, Shiv kumar were so charmig and loving that you just can't ignore them.
This was the most wonderful journey i had in my life till date and hope to cherish it forever.
