Main bharat gaye houn sab mila kar chaar baar - 1990, 1993, 1997 aur 1998. (January 2002 mein jaane ki tamana hai.) Bharat ek bahuth hi khoob surat jhaga hai. Is desh ki upna pan main wahan ja kar har baar mahesoos karti houn (aur main fiji-indian houn jo australia mein payda hui). Jab 1997 mein main gayi thi to maine paheli baar ke liye vaishno, haridwar, vrindaban / mathura, agra, aur tirupathi gaye. Meri is safar mein meri maa aur nana thhe. Hum soch kar gaye thhe ki sirf do (2) mahene ke liye rahenge, lekin rahe kar aye theen (3) mahene. Humari visa ki untim din tak! Hum zyada din is liye ruk gaye kyoun ki maine holi kabhi bhi nahin dekhi thi aur mujhe to yeh dekhni hi thi (australia mei pali bari hui houn na, is liye holi sirf T.V par dekhi houn). Humne Yamuna nadi ke pani par Raas lila bhi dekhi. Zindagi mein pahili baar ek mela bhi dekhi. Taj mahal, Qutab mina, laal qila..... yeh sab bhi dekhi lekin in ke photos nahin dikhaoungi kyoun ki sab jaanthe hai ki yeh sab kaise lagta hai dekhne mein. Achha chalon dikha deti houn kyoun ki photo maine kheechi hai !.
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Now about my trip to india in 1998. Main gayi thi Bobby (meri bhai) aur maa ke saath. Bobby theen aur aadhe hafte mein aagaye wapas (bobby's excuse was he had to get back to work!), maa paanch aur aadhe hafte mein (kaam ke vaje se), aur main rahi puri chaar mahene (upni boss ko phone kar ke bathayi india se, ki main kaam chor doungi agar aur chuti nahin diya! Maine is trip mein upni visa bhi overstay kar diye thi. The reason I stayed back was not only because i couldn't bring myself to leave this marvelous country but also because I was invited to wedding...
Is trip mein maine woh sab dekha jo pichale saal dekha lekin aur bhi...... Hum sab Dwarka aur Bet Dwarka gaye, Somnath (which is truly a remarkable place, it lives in my heart 4eva!) Nageshwar nath & how could i forget that long day in Times of India office in Bombay! Is trip bhi maine sirf plan kiya thha paanch aur aadhe hafte ke liye, matlab maa ke saath laut aane ko tha mujhe, lekin rukh gayi chaar mahene ke liye sirf ek hindustani shaadi dekhne ki lalach mein.
