Hi Ankur, Your cousin was right. It is the sudden increase in atmospheric pressure. It's the same thing one experiences when flying. Some people, when travelling up a slope also get nose bleeds and feel giddy. Here's a poem I wrote on giddiness as an excercise:
AFTER THE THIRD ROUND! Unmoving motion round and round the unmerry-go-round earth is sky sky the river milk white river I spout a fountain heaving gut and gizzard mind circles a troubled eagle body swoops to meet cold ground round and round steady there now the firmament stops anon... Mountains have a way of remaining with you even when you have moved far away from them. They are also a great source of creative inspiration. Me, I prefer mountains, anyday over the plains. Rumjhum > On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 ankur prahlad wrote : > >Thanks for the nice words abt the poem Rumjhum. My visit to naini was an amazing experience. On our way back from naini, sitting in the car I began to feel dizzy and sick. I couldnt hear anything and my ears were sorta blocked. Initially I thought it was coz of the cold mountain winds and closed all the windows but later my cousin told it was coz of the sudden increase in the atmospheric pressure that I experienced descending down the hills. I dont know what the actual reason is but that experience led to a sorta existential realization: that all that I had seen heard and experienced would be nothing if I die, and the feeling of sickness and breathlessness was so bad that I actually thought I would die. > > On reaching kathgodam I drank some coffee and recovered but I was wondering whether there was any way of containing what I had seen in the form of words, whether there was any way of leaving behind what I had experienced. As I had more than one and a half hour to spare before the train could leave I took my notepad and the poem happened. > > Now I am in Bangalore and deeply miss the sense of peace and calm that I felt there. The feeling of wholesomeness as you have aptly put is no more. I wonder why.. > > > > Ankur > > > > ymursawsib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Your poem brought back memories of my brief stopover at Kathgodam. We > >were on our way to Ranikhet and Nainital. It was early spring, and on > >the road to Kathgodam we same some jungle fowl. The name, of this > >foothill town, itself is so evocative. You get a sense of > >wholesomeness. That is there in your poem. > > > >And, now going through the lines of your poem again, I can see that > >station, the steam engines, don't know whether they are still there or > >not, the smell of crisp woody air, and the feeling of time pouring > >endlessly - as you put it so beautifully from "the huge tap of time". > > > >Thank you, Ankur. > > > >:-) Rumjhum > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to ZESTPoets@yahoogroups.com OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ > > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Writing book Writing poetry Business writing book Book writing software Writing child book Writing and publishing a book > > > >--------------------------------- > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > > > Visit your group "ZESTPoets" on the web. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > >Yahoo! Photos > > Got holiday prints? See all the ways to get quality prints in your hands ASAP. > -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to ZESTPoets@yahoogroups.com OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
