Chapter - 11.
“Without 41, I would have never valued Humans.” 41 Deblane for me, is the great Indian unwritten epic, a place of pilgrimage, a song, yet to be appreciated, that soothes the soul as much as it is pleasing to the years. I keep on telling people close to me that if you want to know the world, the best place is 41, Deblane. There is a saying that goes like: Ja nei Bharatey, ta achhey Bharatey. I know for my non-Indian readers the above statement is too much to swallow. In the statement above the first ‘Bharat’ refers to India, ‘Bharatey’ obviously would mean ‘in India’. The second ‘Bharat’ refers to the greatest Indian epic ‘The Mahabharata’. ‘Bharatey’ therefore, means ‘in the Mahabharata’. So what is the meaning of the saying then? It means, in plain English’, ‘What you don't find in India, can be found in The Mahabharata.’ Are you getting me, dear reader? The saying just goes to make us aware of the magnitude, the vastness, the immensity of the Mahabharata. 41, is no less fo...