Actually, a huge river bed shows up. The river itself is a trickle of a mix. Of water, chemical, detergent. Largely stagnant. Flowing in parts. Thats a subject for a different post though.
A few meters from the river is this huge banyan tree. This is what it says. 
Eye squinting wonder pops in the mind. For this tree must have been witness to life before the Portugese came here. Of portugese rule. Of British rule. Of Indian rule. There is wonder at the depth of the history that India holds. Every other sundry rock and seems to have along history beneath it !
Coming back to this tree, perhaps in its tall structure and broad all encompassing expanse lie stories of valour and passion. Of kindness and joy. Of meditation and activity.
How must it have been a 200 odd years ago ?
The river would have been flowing in full speed. Taking with it dead leaves and dried wood, perhaps ! The birds would have been chirping. There would have been no need for the bridge across the river.
No vehicles. No building. No resort. Perhaps some monkeys. Some snakes. But then..No TV. No multiplex. No cinema. No Facebook. No EMIs. No newspapers. No traffic jams. No border crossing. No strategy meets. No publicists.
Sitting under the banyan tree and watching the river and the world go perhaps was a National Geographic special of that age !!
‘Sage’, they say. Hmm. ‘Knowledge worthy of Gods’…Hmm !