Page 32 - Seniors Today - July 2021 Issue
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Travel
When Time Stood
Still…
In silence there is peace, solitude and happiness… the Lockdown-led
standstill gets Urvi Piramal to flashback on a trip to Hampi some 15 years
back
All photographs by Urvi Piramal
The year of Covid brought on an
unprecedented standstill for all. In the midst
of the lockdown, the streets were empty, vast
cities were silent. This silence reminded me of
another time in my life when time stood still.
About 15 years ago, a couple of friends and I
took The Hampi Express, an overnight train,
from Bengaluru to Hospet from where we
drove for half an hour to get to Hampi which is
a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Huge rock formations lined either side of the road. I was Boulders on top of boulders that had weathered rain, cold
struck by their massive size. and wind.
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