The Anatomy of Journey

The Anatomy of Journey

  A Soulquest

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  Rohit Karthik Nalluri

  Copyright 2015 Rohit K Nalluri

  Edition 2015

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  Reader’s Review

  …great book not just for bikers but anybody who wants to seek more out of life and understand the existence! – Shekhar B via Flipkart.

  Beautiful Narration, good travelogue. A good read for an aspiring Leh-Ladakh rider. It’s a long book just like the journey. – isen via Flipkart.

  This is a very well written travelogue of the road trip. The story resonated with several of my travel across India. A must read for anyone planning an adventurous road trip. It beautifully brings out the essence of travel and author has done a brilliant job by connecting it with the philosophy of life and living. – Vinay Rajagopal via Flipkart.

  Author's Note

  I wanted to say something about the linearity of the novel. In the last seven years, I've undertaken many road trips, many journeys, the dates of which are intact in my mind - I'm not yet an old, cranky, absent-minded writer, although I do like the idea of becoming one, complete with a bristling white beard. I remember the date of each and every journey. Dates are important to me. But to form a single, flowing narrative, I have had to shift the dates of some journeys and events around. These events did occur, but they may not have done so on the dates I have mentioned, except for the trip to Ladakh, which did begin as mentioned in the novel, on the 23rd of July, and end on the 6th of August, with our return to Bangalore.

  I also wanted to say something about the truthfulness about the events and circumstances. Most of the book is true to form, and derives from personal experiences. All the places mentioned in the book, we have actually visited. There is no fiction in them. And, although the characters in this book are not fictional, they are only a derivation of their real-life counterparts. Any flaws you visit upon them, any judgment, is a judgment upon me and my skill as a writer, and is a flaw totally my own. They have only been the best of friends. I have also taken the wonderful liberty of embellishing the story where I deemed it fit, but you will find that I have never strayed too far from the truth. It is, after all, our sole pursuit.

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  Table of Contents

  Of Legends

  Travelers

  Xession: Ocean Cave

  Preparations

  The Anatomy of Plans

  The Hazrat Nizamuddin Express

  Delhi to Chandigarh

  Xession: Speaking with Dogs

  The Anatomy of Roads

  Chandigarh to Manali

  The Anatomy of Mist

  Rohtang Pass to Jispa

  Xession: Eye and 'I'

  Zing-Zing Bar

  Xession: Illusions

  Leh at Last

  The Anatomy of Mountains

  Magnetic Hill

  The Anatomy of Sky

  This Way of Life

  Khardung La

  The Anatomy of God

  The Anatomy of Rain

  Catharsis

  The Anatomy of Death

  Gestation

  Rebirth

  Nights

  The Anatomy of Words

  Epilogue

  For those who understand

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  For those who must