We left for Mysore at 5am and got a kick-ass welcome with
a cycle, motorcycle and car rally/escort who met us at the border and took us
into their beautiful city. The first thing that strikes you when you come here
is the architecture. The quaint, very artistically sculpted buildings with
their arches and carvings really stand out.
We got the good fortune of visiting the Mysore Palace.
Father Christopher and Father Franklin went all out and arranged a tour for all
of us of the Palace. It was soo beautiful! It didn’t matter that the sun was
scorching the ground and burning our bare feet, there was so much to take in!
There were such intricate designs on the walls and the ceilings and even the
floors, plus amazing carvings in teak on the doors and mirror borders (there
were a lot of mirrors in the palace.. Really big ones too). Rakesh set his hair
everytime he passed one.
And the colours and patterns everywhere you looked was
spellbinding.. But most of all was the scale of the whole thing.. Huge would be
an understatement. It was just majestic in every sense of the word. Rakesh
plans on buying it someday. Either that or building his own..
Unfortunately they didn’t allow us to take photos
inside.. And I know my words don’t do full justice to what we saw, but I’m sure
you know what I mean.
There were some really phenomenal art students there too!
After lunch we had a program organised by the Mysore
diocese. We got to interact with the younger youth here who put up some
brilliant performances focusing on how the youth is the future and there was
one on donating eyes too. The ideas and presentation these young people put up
was astounding. It took us by surprise, and enriched us at the same time. Kudos
to them! They are gonna do some really great things one day. And not too far
ahead in the future too.
At dinner, we were teasing Solomon. He’s the National
Spokesperson for the ICYM (Indian Catholic Youth Movement). We implied that
‘spokes’ comes from the spokes in a wheel.
“Arre no!! What are you making it yaar?? And what does
that make me??!”
Later Kiran wanted me to take a picture of her for her
profile. She said, “Kisi din jab ache kapde pehenge na, to meri photo lena..
Sirf face-face ki.”
And Nimisha was like, “Sirf face-face ke leni hai to
kapde ka kya lena dena?”
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