Enthralling Trails

Confront your fear and turn the mental blocks into building blocks.” ―  Roopleen The Black Forest is a well known wooded area in Europe surrounding the mountainous region bordering France . One encounters the stretch of dense forest after one crosses river Rhine bordering France and many beautiful places in Germany . The country side is striking with long trails of roads, isolated and amalgamated as one drives uphill. The stretch of thick forests with occasional plains keeps one spellbound. It establishes the poetic lines of Robert Frost, ‘ the woods are lovely dark and deep, I have promises to keep ….. Plentiful rainfall, suitable climate and the richness of the soil have made the plants self perpetuating into a closeness that makes it difficult for the sun’s rays to penetrate into these. You see divine hues of light green, dark green and almost blackish Evergreen trees like the Pines and Elms. The forest area has also been a witness to the regular visits o...

  “No matter what happens to you, if you have life , with faith and hope, you will live to see your situation change.”  ―  Lailah Gifty Akita , Blue eyed Neelakshi was a young girl from Mukhed in Nanded district of Maharashtra. She was a fine-looking, stout girl with dark bluish eyes, making her parents choose the name for her. She was intelligent, with black curly hair, but was not a fair child. Her skin had the healthiest glow, but she was not very tall. In today’s world, if these qualities were pronounced by anyone they would be rated as a pervert or a sadist, but Neelakshi belonged to the good old days and was 60 years old now. As she grew older she spent her days running in the fields, and crossing the hurdles over the endless puddles. She never cared to look good as no one saw her beautiful curly hair, her large beautiful eyes or her ability to work hard and help her parents. They only saw her dark skin and pined thinking about her future. She wanted ...