tamil nadu goes green

There is a distinct possibility that Tamil nadu could be mistaken for Kerala for the extent of greenery and water that one spots from an aircraft.Yes, this time, the aircraft was flying relatively low i guess, and it was a clear day after many rainfilled days.The entire duration of the flight from Kochi to Chennai had endless stretches of dense greenery interspersed with waterways, lakes and ponds.So much so, that i was having a mental game of trying to precisely pinpoint the crossover to Tamil nadu.And i failed. Felt happy failing in this test.
I had got myself into this game, as i distinctly remember the train journeys i had undertaken to Kerala. The trains usually leave chennai late in the evening, and one would have barren or near barren stretches to stare at.But when I used to wake up, early morning the greenery will hit me so forcefully that after a while i used to complain it is hurting the eye to see so much of green!An eye used to other colours than green in Chennai and Tamil nadu naturally had an adjustment problem.
But this time, the flight was enjoyable as greenery continued throughout the journey.
I almost felt like a mythological character going in a 'pushpaka vimanam'!The dense white clouds used to waft in between and i felt they are like a flock of sheep slowly making their way back home. Now and then a thin strip of black cloud used to appear and it looked like thin smoke fumes from a chula.Some grey clouds used to quickly go past and they would resemble the thin veil delicately woven and gently being blown in the sky.Down below the green was ever present in ever so many shades that i really felt it was a quilt made to order with some applique work of white and blue in between.
As we were descending to chennai airport, the tapestry was getting clearer and i felt like looking through a telescope and the ground below was quickly racing to meet the aircraft!
And chennai airport greeted me with a lot of green with puddles of water to complete the perfect home coming.