Manza's PhotoLogs

It was morning ,and by 7 am I was ready to be picked up by my  fellow Deputy Magistrate Mr Sushant Bala. we were on our way to Samsing , a small forest village in Gorubathan block in Kalimpong district.  My driver came and knocked at the door , I was ready , so with out wasting any time , we set off . Gorubathan is about 80 km from Kalimpong ,  There are two routes to reach from Kalimpong. One goes up  from Kalimpong to Lava and then comes down through the lush green forest of the Dooars ,and the other via the famous coronation bridge and zip though the NH 31 to gorubathan. Samsing is about 6 to 7 kms from gorubathan. Just a few days back I was here when I was spending a happy-go weekend with friends  at suntaleykhola .This places lines up in a straight line beside the jaldhaka river which is the border of India and Bhutan . Samsing, Suntaleykhola, Rockey island,Jhalong,Bindu and Paren, every places competes with ...

About a month back , on the first week of Feb , it was a boring weekend as I had nothing to do here . A week before I had bought my old horse  at Kalimpong .These are  my early days on bike at the hills , and before I plan to go to the distant and more step curves on the Himalayas , I thought to give it a try to the nearby places . There’s no destination as such, just to explore new roads and new curves and if lucky to get  a chance to capture a few good snaps . But the weather is not that good. It has been almost 10 days the weather has been overcast and cloudy . I could barely see the town from my balcony ,accompanying it ,may be the last bite of the winter chills. Around 10 am I started my bike , crossed the town towards Algarah   town which is the headquarter of the Kalimpong II development block . Further north the road goes to Pedong , then Zuluk and further connect the ancient Silk route , which is better known as the East silk route .This road...

Life is so unpredictable. Even we plan for every minute details ,at some point of time we have to take that unknown turn. And that's when magic happens. Traversing the less known path always adds something to our character. We witness new abilities ,new likings and new moods of ourselves, things that never came to prominence at life as usual. We meet new people,new faces ,may be a face that we decide to die for through the rest of our life ..  Such magic do waits for everyone. Just we need to checkout from the life as usual. And frankly speaking ,this happens to me every time now a days. New job and new challenges. With most of them ,I have no idea how to deal at the starting. But eventually when you are in deep neck water ,you learn how to swim . Leaving about the job, let's come to the place.. Kalimpong is very beautiful.. The homes are full of colors, small but neatly decorated as if someone has painted a watercolor. A culture of nurturing flowers here are indeed i...