AGGAR FIRDAUS BAROI ZAMIEAST

HAMIEAST…HAMIEAST..HAMIEAST

The above quote is quite famous and perfectly fits on Udhampur.It simply means “अगर  धरती  पर  कहीं  स्वर्ग  है  तो  यहीं  है ,यहीं  है(For me atleast).जितना  प्यारा  नाम  उतनी  ही  प्यारी जगह.I am sure many of you will agree to this,If u have ever been to this beautiful place.This is not just an article,I am going to share my own experiences which i have had till now in Udhampur.

I am basically from Ramnagar,somewhat 38 kms. from Udhampur.Before shifting to Udhampur,the only thing which i knew about this place was that I had my Maternal house here…thats it.Udhampur was totally an unknown place to me,never wanted to shift here permanantly.But destiny wanted something else,my family shifted to Udhampur in 1999.Earlier, I used to hate this place a lot,but my hatred could not last for more than a month when i started roaming here and there in the bazaars,streets of Udhampur with my school friends.


उधमपुर  की  गलियों  में  घूमना ,बाजारों  के  चक्कर  लगाना  एक  अपने  में  अलग  ही  एहसास  है  जो  मैंने  खुद  महसूस  किया  है …यह  एहसास  मुझे  आज  तक  किसी  और  भी  जगह  नहीं  मिल  पाया  है ,wherever i have been to.A walk from Sailain Talab


to Housing Colony


how can i forget that?The distance between the two places is just 3 kms.But whatever these 3 kms, give you is not less than a heaven.ओ “सुभाष  दे  कचालू ”  और  “चन्नी  दे  गोलगप्पे ”(both near Pandav mandir) ,कौन  भूला  सकता  है  उन्हें?

I must tell you guys,उधमपुर  का  सारा  crowd,be it youngsters or th Grown-ups….सब  वहां   मिलते  थे …वो  सिंह  कैफेटेरिया  की  Rs.16 की  Bread Kalarhi,जो  world में  और  कहीं  नहीं  मिल  सकती ,will i ever be able to forget the taste of it???….NEVER….वो  आदर्श  कालोनी  की  रौनक ,could it ever be forgotten????There are no pubs and discotheques in udhampur,पर  पार्टी  करने  का  मज्जा  equally ही आता  है ..in my personal view,I think pubs से  ज्यादा  मज़ा  आता  है  उधमपुर  में  enjoy   करने  का …वहां  के  छोटे  छोटे  रेस्तरां  में  I don’t know क्या  जादू  है  जो  always make me feel i can never enjoy more at any other place except for  these….

When we were small and didn’t have enough money in our pockets to spend,हम  तब  भी  उधमपुर  में  होने  का  मज़ा  उठा  सकते  थे ,क्या  नहीं  दिया  इस  जगह  ने  हमें …There is one food point in Udhampur named “LOVENEST”…It’s just a one room Restraurant but gives the best and the tastiest fast food.Now a days, I am near Chandigarh ,Even the Rs. 100 per plate of Chowmein(Hot Millions) cannot compete with the Rs. 20 per plate chowmein of Lovenest.

Udhampur has given me the memories which i can never forget.However, most of the memories are gifted to me by Army Public School,Udhampur.It is one of the biggest schools of the zone.To be honest,i really loved the local crowd of the school.They all were just so genuine,not a single line of fakeness used to appear on their faces,all were “DESI” at heart.When I was in 11th Grade,then I really saw the UDHAMPUR,thanx to my tuitions.We guys always used to reach the tuitions before time,not because we wanted to study,but to enjoy the atmosphere all around.Like,the Physics tuition was the favourite of all.It was in the famous LAMBI GALI of Udhampur.We used to park our two wheelers outside the tuition and then after sitting on our vehicles,used to enjoy the RAUNAK of lambi gali…hmmmm,LOVELY DAYS.


I don’t know what others think of Udhampur as,but what i know is that anybody who has ever been to Udhampur for atleast once especially in case of my friends who were from places outside Udhampur,they still miss this place the most in comparison to all the places wherever they have been to.I still remember one of my neighbours who had his posting in Udhampur around 7-8 years back,he still keeps saying that it is the best place he has seen so far.He keeps visiting Udhampur with his wife till now.UDHAMPUR,it truly has a magic in its wind that everybody falls in love with this place.So have I.

Today i am not currently staying in Udhampur because of my engineering course,though my parents are there only.But i still feel the breeze of Udhampur through them.


THANK YOU ALL.

BEST WISHES,

BHAAWAN GUPTA