Hello friends, Whats up. Hope you’re doing great. Since last week, I was seeking some escape from each day’s monotonous life. Life was becoming just like a disciplined system- fixed time for each activity, no loopholes. Thats the reason finding some new spots. So, Taki was the answer for that. Already you know core committee’s previous hangouts, the last trip to sabuj dweep also was a successful one. Like previous time, we planned the whole tour in just one night. This time we grabbed Ujjwal & preetraj with team,though Souradeep missed this one, for which we really missed him in this trip.
Waking up early & boarding a train, specially in winter we bongs know how tough its. Soumodipto wasnot an exception to this & he missed the train, which we planned. So finally we 4 grabbed the Sealdaha-Hasnabad local from Barasat station at around 10 AM. It was a great time indeed, four of us altogether after so much time- those old college gossips were again being started. We never took this railway track, so the station names were not so familiar, we only knew anyhow to reach at Hasnabad station or Taki Road station. We took some Kachuris as breakfast , so we were not in any hurry or activities related to searching for foods. Regular rice, daal may not be available, thinking so we bagged some chips, biscuits, oreo, different types of chocolates & cadburies, and other necessary articles what generally we need in tours.
It was around 11:30 AM, we stepped in Taki station- there boarded a cycle-van to reach guest house. Though we did not have any plans for night stay, so there were no bookings. Fare was cheaper as 15 rupees per head. Finally it was the ghat, a well decorated concrete ghat of Ichamoti river, being a well known picnic spot it was very loud environment, typically loud music were played, lots of people booked small amount of
meadows for their private picnic parties which we did not started to like & at that time it was a time to take wise decision what we should do. The template scenario was like- either we have to travel by boat ( boats would take you across the Ichamoti river, & all you could get some close look to Bangladesh border, but they were not allowed to take you to the opposite bank( BGB,formerly known as BDR, would prevent) or you need to hire a van-rickshaw to border, mini sundarban (I dont know the naming concept,but there are some mangrove forest).
We did not prefer any of these, rather decided to make our own terms, stories. Walking along the concrete roads just beside the river was really cool, as the gentle breeze of the idle river was soothing our tired veins. One cant simply ignore this type of natural beauties where nature was not manipulated much by human interests, otherwise I have seen most of the picnic spots were constructed just by spoiling the natural wealth.
The dark rich green leaves, fresh air & simplistic nature of local people simply could win your heart & you’ll be aware of this fact that you’ve come to a village. A river separating two lands must have a tight security there to prevent illegal acts, but here we did not find any clues, people having very friendly nature, most of them solely depending upon farms. We were making out gradually the bad politics – West Bengal & Bangladesh two different lands, different laws & orders, still the same language, same culture, same food habits & life style. Once this river had a free pass to all, now a victim – a border line has been drawn at the middle ,we have succeeded to share a river equally. Did we?
There are some BSF watch towers, which are generally used to supervision of the territory, not necessarily they all are protected. we found some are locked, & outside some notification as ” No entry without permit”, on other hand there were some watch towers kept open. Mainly this roads tourists dont take for walking purpose. Tourists come & hire a van-rickshaw generally. I wonder there are very few people like us who bear thoughts of exploration.
Tips to remember:-
- Carry voter IDs.
- You can hangout anytime of year.
- If planning with group, dont miss the chance to stay one night.
- Walk on feet is necessary if you want to experience something.