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Ten Years To Taekwondo © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to “Source: mulshankar13”. Ten years. Ten long years does it take to learn an art, any art for that matter. And it’s no exception with martial art. Although I am never sure if I would ever be able to learn Taekwondo perfectly in the decade to come yet the journey so far has been indubitably far more rewarding than the destination. As I move on one day at a time learning this art I realize the metamorphosis within. Albeit at times too slow enough to be immediately evident both to oneself and others. The ugly spat that you just witnessed on the road between the two unrelated strangers yesterday wouldn’t unsettle you anymore. Doubts such as “Were it to happen to me what would have I done” would evaporate into the space.

The Road to Sawai Madhopur © mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". The road journey from Dholpur (Dhavalpur) to Sawai Madhopur is a total of 6 hours which can be divided into two phases. The first phase starts from Dholpur and ends at Gangapur City covering a distance of 139 kms which ideally can be covered by a car in 3 hours but a public bus would take 4 hours because of a detour for predesignated halts which included Bari, Sarmathura, and Karauli. The second phase of the journey would start from Gangapur City and end at the final destination of Sawai Madhopur, the famous district of Ranthambore and its famous tiger reserve, the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. “Sir, is there some space to place the luggage? Or should we manage it inside the bus”, I

© mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". Having deeply enrooted into my mind that I would use this official trip to also satiate my gastronomical inquisitiveness besides doing some work I lost no time enquiring where can I find Makhan-Vada at Dholpur (Dhavalpur), as soon as I reached Dholpur, another district in Rajasthan and my new work location. The suggestion about Dholpur’s must-eat delicacy had been provided by the wonderful Government School Master I met in Bharatpur who had told me about the famous sweet Bistarband of Bharatpur . But to my dismay most of the people I met in Dholpur were unaware of the sweet called Makhan-Vada . That was strange! If the people of a town or a city don’t know what’s the best thing to eat in their town’s

© mulshankar13. All articles, scripts, poetry, prose, reviews written here are exclusive copyrights of mulshankar13. Any article, poetry, prose, story or reviews may be reused, quoted in full or as an excerpt only with attribution to "Source: mulshankar13". I had been on a surprise deputation to Bharatpur, Rajasthan for an official work. Though initially sulking over the assignment as it would keep me away from my family at Bangalore for a month there were some very good culinary experiences at this new temporary workplace. One fine afternoon an impromptu chat post lunch with a local Government School teacher who happened to be my new colleague at the Bharatpur District Collector’s office brought forth the topic of what’s a must eat dish at Bharatpur.   The middle-aged soft spoken master mentioned about a sweet called “ Bistarband ” which literally translates into English as “ bedding rolled into a bundle .” He mentioned that he himself was unaware of the sw