Talking from the Origin of Civilization

I should say I have been to the most remote'st' of places the last five years. The day I left home ..I started my journey. Never really happy about the place I am in, I chose to move onn. Starting from Chennai (erstwhile Madras) I first saw what Trichy looked like, only to be shocked to see how primitive a place could get. Later did I realize that it wasnt all that bad. The world did have places like Mandayoor, Pudukottai, Aarnathangi, Avoor, Karur, Madurai, Palayamkottai to beat trichy in the race backwards. These places I guess had preffered to stay at the origin of civilization..."absolute conservation" could be thier theme.
The floors were mostly packed earth.Dust filled roads, rickety buses, broken pavement (forcing a million people on to the roads), fused traffic lights and a confused policeman wearing a khaki uniform adding to the woes, is something all the above places share in them.Yea there were big ruts too...sometimes overpopulated rat holes.

However primitive they looked these places still had some charm in them. Maybe its the liveliness of the eastern hemisphere that made the difference. The roads no matter how dirty, were always full of people running in all possible directions. There was the usual honking, yelling, screaming and all other possible activities involving higher decibels. You never felt you are in a country deprived of vocal cord. They were all good places though I never realized then. "Arbutus" opened my eyes atlast.
Arbutus? Aint that a wierd thing to call a place in the first place? That is where I live now. Clean...green...disciplined...and boring.Thats all arbutus is about.