*One year in saharanpur*.                                       Introduction:                             
 which I search from goggles northern and the north east of the district is surrounded by shivalik hills and separate it from the Dehradun district in uttranchal the river yamuna forms it boundary in the West is separates it from Karnal and yamuna nagar district of haryana in the East lies the district of Haridwar which was the part of district saharanpur before 1989 and the South the district muzaffar Nagar it also the part of saharanpur earlier .tropical climate because of the proximity of the Himalayan region across this Northern district.  it is situated at the Northern and of upper Ganges yamuna doab.  saharanpur district join four states together Himachal Pradesh ,Uttar Pradesh, uttrakhand and haryana. it's famous for  unique woodencrafting and veraity of mangoes and sugarcane. Shakambhari Devi Temple is a saktipeeth40 km to the north of saharanpur.


When firstly I heard about that we have transferred from Agra to saharanpur I have little worried. Recently we all face corona pandemic. So it was worrying.i also thought Why not Jaipur or Bhopal or any other city which I like better than saharanpur.I have not heard about that city before. Recently whole world face corona pandemic.and such a situation  transfer to another city seemed to be a matter of great concern.

we just  got our  new   house and we were happy here, but there was no option for us,we have to go there ,so I search about the city from Google. the city is near Uttarakhand . So i comfort my heart that the city is near hill station and that I will get to Roam . I love travelling very much.

5 /6/21 on day we were ahead of saharanpur the house we are taken on rent was in shiv Vihar colony. our flat was on the second floor. It was pretty hot in June here . It took me three days to organised the house. our house owner  was retired DSP .he had two son elder son who is work in a bank and rent house has been made for the younger son .
when we reached here we got a chance to meet uncle ji and both the sons. there were 6 flat in this building. Two flats on each floor. we were the first tenant.after us a couple more came ,the man is a doctor and his wife is a lecturer.
Our landlord is very kind ,he help a lot to setting up our house. my husband who is also a very nice person in about a month we all handled well .our daughter who is 7 years old, she is in second class now due to  pandemic  since two years she is currently studying online from Agra .

I and my daughter stay at home all  day long. both of us leave in this building alone during the day. in the evening my husband comes to drink tea and come  home by 8 p.m. the doctor below also comes till this time .his wife comes from Haridwar on weekends .we haven't started the conversation . they're stay downstairs and all the flats in middle of the top of us are empty.
about a month letter Mr. Prasanna who is a South Indian came to live in another flat below .his family is in Hyderabad he is a railway officer, till now in this building only I used to play bhajan of God .but since Mr Prasanna ji lived here he also plays "good morning ""suprabhatam." in 6 o'clock. he is also a nice guy he clean the bottom ,stairs and give water to the plants but we haven't even start a conversation. I think he speak Tamil language, in the morning he used to listen news in Tamil language.and in the evening he watch Soulth Indian movie and song in very loud volume .after finishing the day  work my daughter and me would fall asleep and go for a walk on the terrace in the evening  .
being here almost 2 months now, there is a tenant came here,and order on the middle floor .he is an unmarried young man but sometimes a girl also leaves with him ,perhaps both are in living relationship.
now the rainy season has also started its very pleasant weather in monsoon here. nowadays I have another task here to see the clouds being formed in the sky and take lots of pictures of them .everyday I see the beautiful image of the sky ,which looks more beautiful than the beautiful picture of yesterday . here's I Saw the clouds so close.the dark black cloud come with heavy rain and felt the thunder of lightning  ,like Indra the god ,are giving proof of their existence .

then one day in a clear environment like glass ,there was a sparkle, I saw beautiful Himalaya was in front of my eyes,, yes the gangotri range of Himalaya was visible from saharanpur, which I also capture with my camera. my happiness new no bounds.I have a different attachment to the Himalaya ..earlier I had seen the snow mountain in my troupe trip when we went for walk after marriage but there was a big difference between that .I am glad to have come to the city for the first time .watching the sunset from our terrace in  the evening everyday and taking lots of picture was an essential part of my life here. this everyday changing sky give me my wonderful sky or unprecedented sky. now in the city I have love it's beauty which compelled me to think about it and write about it . And I search about the city learn and write it whenever I saw it's beauty.

Than now it happened ,that our landlord's was rebelled their bungalow so he also settled in two flats of the same building which were in the middle floor so he decided for that   shifted the" Mr bachelor who was"  living in the living" to the flat next to us now all the flat in this building were full .next day aunty come to the building for the arrangement of the house early morning. she also very religious lady. She spread pious water of gangajal all around The building. she also talk to me that we are comfortable or not,? she was very nice to us .
I told her we were all right here's
.she also asked my daughter how are she ?,
but she reply to her ""my mother say lies to you ",i stare her with big eyes but she don't understand me.

 aunty ask her again what's wrong ??

"there are no child in this building ,so I getting bored and there are no garden for kids so I miss my home in Agra there was a big garden in front of my house and lots of children there. my friends are also there and my dance class  which I also miss very much .

aunty looked at me in smile on her face but she answered my daughter in very serious way."oh yes you are very right that is a very big problem"
oh !you can come to me if you want .we can talk, but there are no child in my house, but my grand children will come soon here on winter vacation, they are also take online classes;

that's.. so relief!! she told me also that I can also come down to meet her. it was nice to talk to her .. in such situation it will very nice that aunty ji invite us to her home.


now everyday aunty ji ,uncle ji and their younger son  do yoga.  they use to wake early morning everyday and do pooja  everyday .Mr bachelor girlfriends are also with him they are in room all the time.
 only namaste that was the word we say each other whenever we meet in the balcony when they go to the office or reach the home. most of the time everyone in this building was in their flat because of Corona everyone is scared to go outside and meet each other.and main gate of building is opened every time; but till aunty ji come here she make rule that main door will close.
 she attach a peace of paper."*do not leave door open*" and she wached that everyone follow this first rule for our building.but there  was one person who lived the door open  .aunty watching carefully but there was one person now aunty has started monitoring door to  catch a person red handed.
But she got the wrong person 'Mr Prasanna 'and they told four things to him. the real culprit was My husband for leaving the gate open. next morning she came to me and sad.  "you should explain to him (my husband) not to leave the gate open yesterday I scolded  Mr .Prasanna for theirs affair. I could not speak to her one word  at all.how embarrassing it was.

Light pink cold had started before Diwali.we came  to our house for 4 days. To celebrate Diwali. we touch uncle ji and aunty ji feet's and wished him Happy Diwali .he also blessed us and gave money to my daughter .when we came back after 4 days aunty ji told us that her elder son and grand children could not come here this time on Diwali because of this she was very sad.

 she used to talk a lot with my daughter these days and tell me that  she talks very sweetly.
*One day we went to buy goods the shopkeeper who was  look like our uncle( landlord) .I gestured to my husband, looks like uncle?? He also noded his head in agreement. when we came home back then I told him there are so many people who look like uncle ji the tailor  who's shop is in front of our house, vegetable seller and the shopkeeper from where we bought the goods  ,how much his faces similar to uncle he said loughingly,,,, I know that one of my client who is the doctor also look like uncle ji and said maybe this is a common face found here.next morning when I stood in the balcony  .a maid Work at aunties house came who's appearance was exactly like aunty .just the colour was a little dark. I laughed maybe this is also the common face found here . (jokes apart)how strange it is. When we were being transferred some of our acquaintances had said that saharanpur was not a good place to leave thinking that it was worrying . But since we have come here we have found a very good environment here. people are very good  in this society,still have habit of living with their families .even today people like to spend time with the elders on the terrace in the evening. good habit seen in the people here everyone does surya namaskar or give water to suryanarayan after taking a bath every early in the morning and do not forget to keep grains and water for the birds on the roof. They feed street dogs very nicely. And for cows a very old man come here every day and take roti or anything you want to feed.

When new year came, we plan 7 day's trip to Himachal Pradesh with two friends of my husband Ajay and Rupali. We visit jwala Devi temple and kangda Devi temple .hidimmba Devi temple And enjoy snow falls in manali and dharmshala McLeod ganj . after corona that was a first trip so there was a big difference from earlier trip when we went. Corona guide line followed by all of us . restaurant and hotels reopen for all .in McLeod ganj where we stayed only  three more couple stayed there. Hotel owner mr.ghandhi was A very nice person he personally entertaining all his guests he is very good singer also. It was such a nice place to visit for peace of mind .

After that when we came back in our building aunty's grand children came here for winter vacations with their parents  .the girl was 4 year's old and boy was 6 year's. so my daughter was very happy to see two of them. Aunty said to her now you have a company  for play.now are you happy here? 

She( my daughter )replied nicely yes.

Now everyday like the chirping of  birds start every early in the morning. In the same way three small birds in this building which is start chirpping from morning till night sometime up and sometime down .this building has also came alive and now my daughter is happy and so the aunty.
Now the children became friends one of a little girl names  Annie in neighbourhood come to play with these three children. 

Mr Prasanna was transferred for their hometown so he was very happy to go back to their house.just about  in seven months he got transferred back.he missed his family here.  

We also miss our home town. But still   . We have developed a Special attachment to this city  in a short span of time. 

While playing with the children my daughter has also started calling uncle and aunt is bade papa Badi Amma.

aunty says that it is very nice to hear badi Amma from her mouth, I feel more closer to Amma then aunty . When the pooja was done to lay the foundation of the ants house

 she took my daughter in behalf of her granddaughter. The atmosphere of the building also improved due to the presence of children . 

after Prasanna ji  departure ,his flat become vacant in which a retire brigadier came to live with one of his  orderly .after 2 months the auntie's Grandchildren also went back Chandigarh.

 the school were reopen they will go to the school. but my daughter was still studying online . my daughter Missing them a lot but Annie The neighbours child comes to play with her everyday which keeps both of them engaged.both of the girls become  good friends . 

My husband also tells that there are very nice people in his bank . they all eat together and go for outings. Anshul, surya ,Devesh ,anuj ,Pankaj ,lakkha ji these are some of the name that comes out of his mouth many times in one day when he talks on the phone. my daughter also plays bank- bank with her friends but their name remain the same .

Time flies like a wings .didn't realise it was almost one year about to be here. somewhere it was difficult to stay here and  has passed  one year.

Than we got to know that we are getting transfer back to our city .we all were very happy .but somewhere now there was sadness Thinking  about to leave saharanpur.
Isn't it is strange how life plays games thinking of destiny coming here for such a short time, yet so much connection .

I still remember the day when our luggage was being packed and we were prepareing all day to come back.

,(last day in saharanpur) that day our aunty (land lady )was came to meet us there times a day . and all three times saying with tears in her eyes that I am not feeling well at all. meet  me tries that day and while talking to me all the three times her eyes were filled with tears ,even when we were living. she told me that when you are leave from here I will going to miss you all a lot.

annie and her mother also take see off my daughter with tears in her eyes.

Anuj and Pankaj two of guys who work with my husband in bank, see off us they are also very emotional at the end of the day.

Ohh! It was so emotional and heart touching.

 perhaps we had come here only to meet some good people who are now a part of life.
" There was a day when we were going from Agra to saharanpur and we were feeling sad and there is a day when we are coming back from saharanpur to our home  in Agra and still we are feelings sad.

" that is life . During this one year transfer period I realise that it is not the name of any place that make it special, but the people living there ."

like saharanpur  is a small town which is made special for me by its lovely people. and last but not the least the most special thing for me here was,,,,

* every day a new  sky *

After 3 months one of our friend got transfer to saharanpur and believe me after listening to our words he happily agreed to go there......