URB Scribbles

Dear Readers Bringing to you the second chapter of the series on China trip. The first chapter of the series being  Setting off On a Hitchcockian Voyage: China I The hour was almost approaching 12:00 in the noon of June 25 (China time) when the Air China aircraft touched its wheels on the Beijing runway. I could see considerable greenery outside the window pane right from a time when the flight was still in its descent. Approaching fast towards the runway while the plane was still in air, I realized that one set of myth that was bestowed upon me by some back home was to be shattered in a short while from now. “The place is full of buildings and skyscrapers, I have heard. I am sure green is a least known colour there”. I remembered, someone had proposed to me before leaving, which I had mentioned earlier . I looked around at the fellow passengers as the plane came to a stationary halt at the Beijing aerospace. Curiosity was in ubiquity. Pulling out small d...

Hello readers! URBScribbles takes this opportunity to thank you all for your support and love. Your inspiration is the only fixed asset. Beginning form this issue I am bringing to you a series of stories inspired by my recent trip to China as a part of the Indian Think Tanks’ Delegation. Hope it soothes your reading. (50secs read) Bag full of anxieties associated with every upcoming trip to a new place is engaging and can deprive you of sleep for a night or two prior to leaving. The anxieties are multiplied when the destination is to be one unendingly fraught with mysteries and opinions shaped by media and a not-so-fancy history of contention. I remember the moment I had shared at home the news of my travel to China as a part of the Indian Think Tanks’ Delegation this summer. Ma was hesitant, Dad confused. Well, how they would not be, for how could they overlook the popular discourse in India and especially in our part of the country (Assam) concerning China...