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A day break from grueling Delhi Heat in laps of mighty Blue Ganga in Haridwar

By Neeraj Bajpai As I wanted to leave early, so I was up with the lark on this Friday. Summer heat was lashing like a merciless whipper once  I reluctantly left cool confines of air conditioned bed room. But mere thought of having dip in icy cold Ganga water at Hari ki Pauri in Haridwar-“Stepping stones to the doors of Gods’ Abode"-by  that afternoon hit me with an avalanche of thoughts – road journey in the scorching heat, quality of breakfast and food en-route, tricks of taxi driver, toll plaza and parking lot hassles, notorious traffic jams, swarms of alms seekers at Ghats and many unforeseen problems. Much to my delight, all apprehensions gave way like quicksand as the day bode adieu. On my return from the Hill state of Uttrakhand  by early evening same day, I was dishing out a crisp advice to many acquaintances to leave behind work for a fresh cool break for the day with family. A piece of caution, however, was laced with the advisory for th...