13.09.2014 to 16.09.2014
Report on Excursion Tour to Kasauli (HP)
The students of PGDM (2013-15) went for a road trip to Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh with MrArjit Mani Tripathi from CRC, Prof RashiAgrawal and Dr V N Bajpai. The entire members of the group were too excited as it was their first road trip to Kasauli. Finally on 13th September, 2014 at 09.00 pm we took-off from Ghaziabad and soon were on NH1. The roads were calm & clean…..weather was nice. Near Alipur border, about 15 kms before Murthal we saw an old Air India plane. It was stationed on the left side of highway. Someone bought it in auction & had plans for transforming it into a restaurant. Then we reached the famous Jhilmil restaurant and had parathaas drenched in delicious white butter with refreshing masalachaach.
Sufficiently charged up, we moved on towards our destination. Throughout the night students were busy in singing, playingAntakshari and gossiping among themselves. As we entered hilly region of Himanchal, it was the time for serpentine roads & cool mountain air. Wow!!!! we could feel the freshness deep inside our body.
Finally we reached Surya Resort, in Kasauli situated at best location of the station. After taking some rest & stretching out we went out for a walk to the market area. Kasauli is a military cantt area, a small hill station with almost nothing to do except enjoy the nature. On the way we went to Christ Church for some blessings. It is a nice peaceful church located just near the market and bus station. After this we went to the Manki-Point. It is a temple of Lord Hanuman located in Air Force controlled area. We reached the base area by Maruti Vans in a group of five students in each van. On the way to Monkey point, it started raining heavily; we rushed and luckily found some shelter at a nearby. Though there was some inconvenience but the weather became awesome!!!!!. Clouds were around us making our friends disappeared it it. Some of the students stayed there and rest went up to the temple walking up those many stairs. In the mean time some of us enjoyed a hot alooparantha and coffee at military canteen, really mouth watering!!!!
We returned back to resort at night for bone fire specially arranged for enriching the experience and joy.
Clearly this was the highest point of the entire trip… those 60 minutes when I was with myself and the nature… communicating silently…nature imparting its qualities of strength, perseverance, patience, sacrifice, love, care and most of all of being grounded in all circumstances to me. I felt an achiever, a hermit… completely at peace… and in harmony.
It just gave me the strength which I was looking for … which I felt had got depleted due to the stress and the strain of the day to day life. It left me feeling truly refreshed and rejuvenated.
Next morning as we got up some of the students went out with their DSLR to get some nice shots. Later we got ready for some sight seeing at Kasauli like Gilbert Trail, Sunset Point, Upper and lower mall. Our plan was to experience the famous Kalka-Shimla toy train. We went to Dharampur, our nearest station, parked our Bus somewhere and boarded the Toy train. It is a nice small train running slowly through the beautiful mountains between tall massive Deodar trees. Though we didn’t get any seats but the views were so ecstatic that we were lost in the heavenly world. There were many tunnels on the way but the Barog Tunnel was longest of them all(1143.6mtrs). We clicked a lots of pics and then got down at Barog We strolled through the main market, and then took a local bus back to Dharampur and then Kasauli. In the evening DJ parti was arranged. Feet started tapping with the tune of DJ.
On 16th morning we had a light breakfast and started back for Ghaziabad. On the rout near Chandigarh, students were taken for the Industrial visit at Pratap Fabrics Ltd at Sahabad.Partap Group is one of India's leading diversified group of manufacturing and services spanning across 4 states in India. Active in textiles, oil refineries, solvent extraction and real estate. Through dedication and deliberate efforts, the group has gained excellence in all of the fields.
Established in 1970’s, under the leadership of Late. Sh Ram PartapBansal, it developed into a matured and skilled organization, which better understands the market needs and demands. State-of-the-art technology and equipment have made this company one of the leading producers of denim fabric in the world and the largest supplier in the domestic market. After the industrial visit we had delicious lunch at Mirchi Restaurant. We returned back to ITS campus on 16th September at 07.00 pm with lots of sweet memories of moments of togetherness which we enjoyed during our visit to Kasauli.
The entire trip was amazing. I had promised myself two things before starting… one that I will enjoy it upto the brim and not let my eternal enemy Mr. Doubt enter anywhere in scene… and second that I will think less and just be there… living every moment and voila I succeeded in both.
Not once did I let myself down!
Thus a truly encouraging, refreshing, engaging, learning journey both within and outside