Dharwad, again.

  This post is directly from my diary dated 27-02-2018. It’s when I went back to my college because I was missing it real bad. Dharwad is so special and shall always remain so.

  “First time I visited Dharwad city was back in 2008 for a Green Olympiad exam at KV, Dharwad. The lazy chill of previous cold night welcomed me as much as the winding avenues humming through the breeze. If one follows age-old libraries and humble lakes the city proudly possesses, one often stumbles upon the slumbering beauty of this place ridden away completely from a coaxed busy life. Back then, I was 14 years old and I fell in love with the city. It was my love at first sight. 

I came back to this same place for my college. Everyday I marvelled at what this lesser-known paradise had to offer. After four years, when I graduated and was moving to another city for a job, I couldn’t help but leave behind a piece of me. 

After three years, I have come back, may be to search what I missed, only to discover new love for the land. This city has taught me so much to help me grow as a person. Some great friends, whole new experience of hostel, harsh life lessons, my first love and ever-cherished college days. My hostel walls have seen me evolve as an individual and now, I come back here a better person. Walking through the same old corridors I’ve crossed a hundred times make way for a thousand, beautiful memories. When I think of it, I never really thanked it for all those times I have had here.

 Today, as I sit at Kelageri lake watching the waters twinkle  in late evening hues of sunset and the star-lit city beyond, where I spent some of the most favourite moments of my life, I thank you, Dharwad, for everything you have done for me. I thank you for letting me live all those moments. It’s only because of your pure love that I have the urge to keep coming back to you. And, whenever I have, you have lovingly opened your arms to pamper me. I love you.“

Kalgeri is one of favourite places in the world.

Prerana