ANINDYA and his SATOPANTH: The Path HE Chose

My last post was emotional, sentimental and hurried. So this rather longish postscript.

I, amongst many others, who have followed Anindya's exploits with eager anticipation, sweaty apprehension and undiluted pleasure, must at this time, when he is at a cusp, reflect on his philosophy of "the freedom of the hills".

If I were to talk about the "path" he took, I can do no better than to quote Robert Frost:

Two roads diverged in a wood,and I _
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Now that he is stepping forth into a new life,I am sure he will follow his "Satopanth",with joy and success.

I can do no better than to remind him of a few words he already knows,words of Maurice Herzog:

"Annapurna, to which we had gone empty handed, was a treasure on which we should live the rest of our days,with this realisation we turn the page: a new life begins."

For "there are other Annapurnas in the lives of men."

Rupak Bhattacharya

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