Mind over Matters: Rumbles of my mind.. Echo in this blog..

I was in hoggenekal a while back with my parents on a short vacation. For those who havent heard of it, the place lies in the border of karnataka and tamil nadu . The cauvery flows over there and the waterfalls there is a great one to have bath in. If you like to eat fish, there are people all over the place catching fish in the river, frying it and selling it over there.. They just taste amazing!

Anyways, there are local people who take you for a boat ride around the river. They will take you for a small round in the cauvery river and in the process passing through a small waterfall to make the hot sun bearable. The thing that will interest you is the teenaged boys that queue up on top of the hillocks on the side of the river. They will be willing to jump from the top of the hillock into the river for 2 Rs. or 5 Rs. Once into the water, they collect money from you, climb back up the hill (sorry no stairs here) and start searching for customers again..

I was wondering whether if one could train them properly, then they could actually start competing in professional diving competitions. They could even win an olympic medal or two for India.. afterall, they should be diving here atleast 10-20 times a day everyday. Practice sessions definetely cannot get better than that!