Ananya

A few weeks back I found my self in a state of mind where I wanted to go away, not physically but at least mentally. I wanted to disconnect my self from the world I had known to be mine, for some time and do something different which would give me peace. But at the same time I did not want to be alone I wanted people around me people who will have no expectation of me people with who I will be able to just be my self without thinking if what I do or say might hurt them .....

Strange how people who are dear to you some times unknowingly drive you so much away by doing nothing, I am sure I do that to people too......

Any way, this is when I was reading through Pritesh's blog and one in particular caught my interest. When I read about the kids in Ananya and the Birthday party that Pritesh had I buzzed him and told him next time they are visiting the place I would like to come along hoping that this would be soon.

It was my lucky day, he called me 2 days from than asking me if I wanted to come along to Ananya for a celebration as the kids who had appeared for the exams had passed. Of course I was more than happy....

I had the most amazing time playing with the kids there, they were just so loving and their smiles were contagious. They did not want to know why I was there, or if I will ever come back again, what was important to them was that I was there at that moment and they wanted to make the most of it.

We played some games saw the classrooms and some of the work they have created on the computers followed by some speeches by the kids who had appeared for the exam. I haven't been there since than but would surely love to go.

What I learnt from my visit to Ananya--- Don't hold on to people, hold on to happiness.....