I, Me, Myself

  INTO THE HIMALAYAS   GUIDING THE LONELY TRAVELLER  IBEX!!!!  Brrrrr!!!! CONQUERER OF MOUNTAINS! NATURE AS THE ARCHITECT 212 EME... Lovely Hospitality! :)  THE SUN DISAPPEARING BEYOND THE HILLS AT KHARU, LADAKH  THIKSEY MONASTERY THE VIEWS JUST DON'T CEASE TO AMAZE ONE 1ST LOOK- PANGONG SA THE SERENE BLUES MYSTIFIED BY THE MAGICAL HUES PARADIGM SHIFT?! REACHING OUT INTO THE COLD ... en route to Khardong La  Aww!!!!  PICTURE POSTCARD PERFECT!  MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH PANGONG.... Continues!  THE NEW INHABITANTS... MIGRANTS? NATURE'S CANVAS! WHEN INSPIRATION STRUCK... ...AND MORE BIRDIES ;)

Taking on a task, each of us has two paths (usually) to the end... One is the easier/street smart way, the other the conventional/ 'proper' or 'correct' way of doing things. The former isn't necessarily wrong, it's just that it's veiled by the hues of grey! perhaps an appropriate analogy would be : Fast-food and home cooked meals. Fast-Food is savory and in a world where time=money, it's a tailor made alternative, yet it's not very artery friendly, and over years slowly draws it's toll! Then again, these days, 'the end' is what counts and not the 'means' one employs to get there... But is this 'the end justifies the means' approach necessarily apt for every situation? As I see it, it's a personal choice. Like Albus Dumbledore points out, 'in life we all have a choice between what is right and what is easy...' The path chosen by each of us often determines who we become. No doubt, that  each of us can justify