Happy Hunting Grounds

Today i should be writing about year gone by or resolutions for next year (most people i know online have done it) but i somehow feel like writing on death. Now, when i talk about death, it doesnt mean that i am becoming mentally ill or plannning to call it a day soon (VRS from life as my friend calls it).

Its just that i find myself thinking of what would i want for myself once i am dead. i have always been enamoured with the ritual of people wanting to get their ashes immersed at a particular place. For some it is a holy site, for others its a place they loved  when alive and for others still it is next to where their loved ones are or were. For someone like me who is an atheist, first option is out of question. Having travelled to few countries & in India in past many years, there are some spots i have loved so much that i would want to go there often if only i could. These include:

1. A beautiful beach in New zealand just below Cape Reigna.
2. A small town in NZ called Wanaka
3. Mojave desert in California
4. Jacksonville in Florida
5. A village named Bad Aussee in West Austria

Then there are so places in India..

6. Any non crowded Beach in goa
7. Marine Drive in Mumbai
8. Dhikala in JC national park Uttarakhand

Out of all these, i love 1st and 8th the most. Just being at these places is a surreal experience which cant be explained. So, these are the places i would like my remains to be thrown.

But then, what is a good place without someone you love. So, whenever i am done, i would still like to be (either in remains or soul) where my wife and daughter are.


PS-About the title of this blog. Happy hunting grounds is the place that my most fav author (and one of best human beings ever) Jim Corbett referred to as a place where people go once they die.