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Personal Narrative Essay: A Trip To Cochin

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After weeks and weeks of procrastination, I finally pulled myself up to write about one of the exciting trips of my life. Who said short trips aren't exciting enough? This one easily defined that assumption.

One fine day, my dear blogging friend Deepanarayana a.k.a Prince Deepu called me to check if I was interested in a 2 day trip to Cochin. As I haven't visited the place yet, I gave my nod without a second thought. Later, he also informed me that there's a contemporary art festival going on in Cochin at the same time. For me, it felt like killing two birds with one stone. In other words "Kanna Rendu Laddu Thinna Aasaiya" feeling :D. Like any other trip, a few opted out and finally ended up with Bragadesh Prasanna a.k.a Brags Anna, Karthik Pasupathi a.k.a KP, Deepanarayana a.k.a Deepu and Yours Truly.

That Friday (10.02.2017), left my office early so that I could pack up my things and catch the train on time. …show more content…

Then we moved to the greatest attraction of the fest, "THE ASPINWALL HOUSE". It's one of the famous heritage property in Fort Kochi. Established in 1867, the former business premises of Aspinwall & Company Ltd was well converted into a well-organized art exhibition. After picking up our entrance passes which will be valid for the whole Bianalle for Rs 100 each, we took a free guided tour, sincerely considering our expertise in the field of contemporary art. The following are the artworks that completely blew me away.

The first on the list is "Sea Of Pain". Many times I have heard Poems, but for the first time, I experienced one. It's the conceptualization of the below poem by Raul Zurita on Syrian refugee. The heaviness and gravity caused while walking in the dark, dense sea water in the room are beyond expression by words, one has to feel it being there.

Don't you look? In the sea of pain.
Don't you hear me? In the sea of

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