Yesterday, as planned earlier, we all started for New Hampshire in the morning, at about 7-30 A.M. Runi driving all the way from Brighton, Boston to New Hampshire with Yash assisting her with the GPS. New Hampshire offers a wonderful view of trees standing tall in both sides of the National highway No 93 , wild flowers which blossomed on the road-side, the mountain ranges & the valleys, the picturesque houses visible when one draws near Lebanon, a city of the state of NH. The state of NH has a rich heritage......... its motto is......... Live free or die.n
Runi & Yash lived there in a house in Lebanon, while studying in the College of Dartmouth, for their Ph.D degree.
Our car moved there & we were glad to see the said house, presently under occupation of someone else.
After spending sometime there, we now moved towards Hanover along the same route which Yash and Runi used for many years to go to the college............ Runi & Yash naturally seemed to be very much nostalgic.
We saw the College area....... bldgs. for different departments...............Physics, Chemistry and many other streams and Life Science of course . Runi & Yash studied in Bio-technology. Runi's guide in Dartmouth College Thomas Jack responded to her phone call and was soon available to show us the new bldg. of Life Science where the entire department had recently been shifted. The bldg. was still under construction; but, Thomas Jack was friendly to all of us.......he also knows Yash............he (Thomas Jack)
spent much of his time in showing us the new building, his new Office, Auditorium, the Mechanical room, Electrical room , Conference room, Laboratory, and also the Green house which is still under construction plus many other important rooms & allied rooms. He chatted with Runi & Yash also on many aspects.
It was really generous of him to give us so much of his valuable time. Dada and Yash took many snapshots here. By the way, we saw boards there in this bldg. of Life Sc., which tell of the works of (a) Anwesha Nag ( Runi) & (2) Yashodhan Chinchore (Yash).
That was satisfying for all of us ,for sure.
Next we took leave of the Professor & walked thru the college towards the Golf Course which was near-by. While going there, we saw their (Runi and Yash's) medical care center and also saw the Pscychology deptt.'s bldg. Sorry, I have forgot to mention that while entering the college area we saw an All-faith temple where Hindus also are entitled to perform their Pujas and rituals.
Players were seen there in the golf course playing golf with caddies & the smaller vehicles for movement after hitting the golf ball, along the course.
There was a pond near-by.....Gold fish could be seen therein (Yash showed me the same) ....also a mother tortoise & its offspring (Also shown by Yash) was seen. Yash used his cameras here (he brought with him two of his cameras ) for much time & was seen moving from one pl. to another by the side of the pond, selecting advantageous points & also selecting his shots.............he was sort of absorbed in his hobby & had to be called a few times for joining the rest of the team
Now we moved to a co-op store & Runi bought a few things. They (Runi & Yash) showed us places reminiscent of their stay in Hanover viz. Runi's house, Yash's stay, the place associated with the famous poet Robert Frost (Can't I remember the famous lines..." The woods are lovely, dark and deep; but, I have promises to keep and miles to go, before I sleep"........... I may be excused, in case I misquote).
Yash had memories of his own & his nostalgia was quite visible when he showed the playgrounds of his college ........he used to play cricket in some of the same......... he also showed us a soccer stadium, tennis court and the Ice hockey stadium plus other sports facilities, many of them under Dartmouth college governance.
Next, we had our brunch at Loui's restaurant at downtown Hanover..............prior to that, Runi & Yash did some shopping from Dartmouth Co-operative store, while I remained sitting in a road-side bench observing the township which was abuzz with people .....many of them being parents & guardians of students seeking admission in the college, (It was a campus visit) ..... they also had the option to stay out, however, in the event of any dissatisfaction arising in their mind. Anyhow, the central place of this town was quite busy & my time did not hang heavy. Runi & Yash eventually completed their shopping & came out of the store. Dada & bou-di had, in the meantime, become tired & joined me in the meditation, on the bench. By the way, Runi & Yash bought Sweaters , whereupon the letters DARTMOUTH COLLEGE were printed......... I think, it was their privilege.
Next we all entered Loui's restaurant for our lunch which had alsways been a favourite with Yash & Runi. People were queing up for food here.........apparently, it was a nice pl. for khana & it proved to be so. The menu was good & I had omlette & bread with fruits. Others chose their own dishes.
We had some more hrs. in hand to go around in Hanover & go shopping fm place to place such as Lindt's, Dollar Tree (All items @ $1) , Walmart and Co-Op store. We bought things to fulfilment .......... one high point of this shopping was that no tax was to be charged here in NH. Wonderful...... it gave us all immense pleasure & we shopped till we dropped .............not actually; but, allegorically so.
Now was the time to say....... . .Goodbye Hanover......... it was about 7-30 P.M.......... the pilgrim's progress, especially for Runi & Yash was over..............& it was the beginning of the journey back to the din & bustle of the much more busy city of Boston.
In Boston we found ourselves taking rest at home........... the clock struck 10 P.M & Bou-di was busy soon laying dinner on the table.
Runi & Yash lived there in a house in Lebanon, while studying in the College of Dartmouth, for their Ph.D degree.
Our car moved there & we were glad to see the said house, presently under occupation of someone else.
After spending sometime there, we now moved towards Hanover along the same route which Yash and Runi used for many years to go to the college............ Runi & Yash naturally seemed to be very much nostalgic.
We saw the College area....... bldgs. for different departments...............Physics, Chemistry and many other streams and Life Science of course . Runi & Yash studied in Bio-technology. Runi's guide in Dartmouth College Thomas Jack responded to her phone call and was soon available to show us the new bldg. of Life Science where the entire department had recently been shifted. The bldg. was still under construction; but, Thomas Jack was friendly to all of us.......he also knows Yash............he (Thomas Jack)
spent much of his time in showing us the new building, his new Office, Auditorium, the Mechanical room, Electrical room , Conference room, Laboratory, and also the Green house which is still under construction plus many other important rooms & allied rooms. He chatted with Runi & Yash also on many aspects.
It was really generous of him to give us so much of his valuable time. Dada and Yash took many snapshots here. By the way, we saw boards there in this bldg. of Life Sc., which tell of the works of (a) Anwesha Nag ( Runi) & (2) Yashodhan Chinchore (Yash).
That was satisfying for all of us ,for sure.
Next we took leave of the Professor & walked thru the college towards the Golf Course which was near-by. While going there, we saw their (Runi and Yash's) medical care center and also saw the Pscychology deptt.'s bldg. Sorry, I have forgot to mention that while entering the college area we saw an All-faith temple where Hindus also are entitled to perform their Pujas and rituals.
Players were seen there in the golf course playing golf with caddies & the smaller vehicles for movement after hitting the golf ball, along the course.
There was a pond near-by.....Gold fish could be seen therein (Yash showed me the same) ....also a mother tortoise & its offspring (Also shown by Yash) was seen. Yash used his cameras here (he brought with him two of his cameras ) for much time & was seen moving from one pl. to another by the side of the pond, selecting advantageous points & also selecting his shots.............he was sort of absorbed in his hobby & had to be called a few times for joining the rest of the team
Now we moved to a co-op store & Runi bought a few things. They (Runi & Yash) showed us places reminiscent of their stay in Hanover viz. Runi's house, Yash's stay, the place associated with the famous poet Robert Frost (Can't I remember the famous lines..." The woods are lovely, dark and deep; but, I have promises to keep and miles to go, before I sleep"........... I may be excused, in case I misquote).
Yash had memories of his own & his nostalgia was quite visible when he showed the playgrounds of his college ........he used to play cricket in some of the same......... he also showed us a soccer stadium, tennis court and the Ice hockey stadium plus other sports facilities, many of them under Dartmouth college governance.
Next, we had our brunch at Loui's restaurant at downtown Hanover..............prior to that, Runi & Yash did some shopping from Dartmouth Co-operative store, while I remained sitting in a road-side bench observing the township which was abuzz with people .....many of them being parents & guardians of students seeking admission in the college, (It was a campus visit) ..... they also had the option to stay out, however, in the event of any dissatisfaction arising in their mind. Anyhow, the central place of this town was quite busy & my time did not hang heavy. Runi & Yash eventually completed their shopping & came out of the store. Dada & bou-di had, in the meantime, become tired & joined me in the meditation, on the bench. By the way, Runi & Yash bought Sweaters , whereupon the letters DARTMOUTH COLLEGE were printed......... I think, it was their privilege.
Next we all entered Loui's restaurant for our lunch which had alsways been a favourite with Yash & Runi. People were queing up for food here.........apparently, it was a nice pl. for khana & it proved to be so. The menu was good & I had omlette & bread with fruits. Others chose their own dishes.
We had some more hrs. in hand to go around in Hanover & go shopping fm place to place such as Lindt's, Dollar Tree (All items @ $1) , Walmart and Co-Op store. We bought things to fulfilment .......... one high point of this shopping was that no tax was to be charged here in NH. Wonderful...... it gave us all immense pleasure & we shopped till we dropped .............not actually; but, allegorically so.
Now was the time to say....... . .Goodbye Hanover......... it was about 7-30 P.M.......... the pilgrim's progress, especially for Runi & Yash was over..............& it was the beginning of the journey back to the din & bustle of the much more busy city of Boston.
In Boston we found ourselves taking rest at home........... the clock struck 10 P.M & Bou-di was busy soon laying dinner on the table.
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