Thursday Hops #5 features the Ducks of Bhimtal Lake.
These ducks (well rather their parents, grand parents, great grand parents…..you get the drift) have been around Bhimtal Lake for as long as I remember. Every day, they swim from this end of the lake to the island in the lake. They spend a lot of time at the island, and then swim across to the other end of the lake, where tourists usually gather to throw breadcrumbs and other treats to them.
Nowadays, the tourists are missing but the ducks still make their daily round. The lake is teeming with fish and, thankfully, the locals continue the tradition of feeding the ducks.
I have been reading voraciously since the age of five when I first discovered the joys of reading. I would lap up anything in print. Unrolling an emptied newspaper cone with one hand, stuffing roasted peanuts in my mouth with the other, all the while devouring the printed content on the cone with my eyes, was one of my first experiences in hedonistic pleasure.
In fact, sometimes I feel that I am on an adventurous journey through the secret dreamworld of other people's imaginations, interspersed with occasional visits to my own life to attend events like graduation, first job, marriage, and so on.
As a true-blue reader, I think I am uniquely qualified to comment on and critique other people's works of labour. I can tell exactly what puts the average reader to sleep, what sets their pulse racing, and what has them salivating for more.
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5 thoughts on “Thursday Hops #5”
This was a nice piece to read! Looking forward to see more like this 😃
I really appreciate your efforts. I enjoy ducks when I visit Bhimtal. it seems victoria dam but still can you confirm the shot location. You can check Bhimtal.in website also and find if your location is listed.
WordJini 
This was a nice piece to read! Looking forward to see more like this 😃
Thanks. Stay tuned 🙂
You’re welcome. Sure thing!
I really appreciate your efforts. I enjoy ducks when I visit Bhimtal. it seems victoria dam but still can you confirm the shot location. You can check Bhimtal.in website also and find if your location is listed.
BTW, great picture.
It’s just after crossing the temple and then turning right towards thandi sarak.