Well we’d reached Itanagar at about 9 at night on the 9th, thoroughly exhausted after the 8 hours’ journey via car. The remaining few days in between were spent in planning for the project and in turn forming the necessary implementation models, as desired by the client himself.
What’s significant in this respect is – How Itanagar is slowly absorbing us in the main stream. A very peaceful, picturesque city (as expected) with frequent weather-changes (as NOT expected). The ubiquitous mood swings of the weather, the continuous hide-and-seek among the mountains and the cloud cover, the simultaneous change in visibility through the window panes, the long shadows extending across the courtyard, the morning prayers which could be heard from a nearby school, the pine trees and their gentle sway, the characteristic smell as we walk down the markets, the different taste of the pastries from the local Best bakery, the fluctuating mobile network connection, the quotidian levels of power cuts, the known-yet-not-really-known local accent, the very small number of items on the restaurant’s menu card, the continuous phases of scarcity of water, the not so developed roads in many parts of the state or the countless liquor shops that we’ve seen around- marks the assessment of the place from a CONSULTANT’s point of view :D !!
As it was like adviced,we don't go out in the evening too often,though as far as I have perceived,its quite a safe and absolutely fine to roam about freely. The weather is such a darling. To be honest, a perfectly charming and romantic place, yet we are here primarily because of some afflicting sorta work.Err.... dats not at all desirable.We walk along the hilly road towards the raj bhawan, every morning,instead of taking a transport.Primarily 2 reasons behind it - 1.SAVE MONEY and claim it from the office later :P / 2.Thora exercise bhi ho jata hay yaar, jo yaahan par nahi hota :D !!!...But the road leading us to the destination is amazing and so are the surroundings. I love the walk, which is at times a bit tiring ,yet something drives us to do it.
Regarding our client- man!!! He is something!!! What’s really impressive is that, the guy always appreciates a new approach and to be honest, his knowledge level is a few hundred times better than us. Every report we construct, every proposal we make and in short every step we take- he analyses them carefully and rejects most of the stuff that we have put into (he thinks that they are irrelevant :P ). His smirk, his sharp eyes beneath the shiny glasses, his coherence, and a bit gargantuan in physique marks the outer side of the IAS topper.
Work and window-looking are the major engagements in this slow-moving city, with a few deadlines up ahead, the current being the formation of state-committees by tonight. Ciao!!
Hmm... khub sundor...
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