Confused… don’t be… Gobi,as people might know it better or I may like it to refer for convenience, is a small place in Erode district of Tamil Nadu. I happened to visit this place as part of my Organisational Training II, A project with Rural Innovation Network-A Chennai based organisation. I thought it would just be a visit but went on to stay for a month now and will continue doing the same for another month.
Comming back to the place itself, I had a good impression on Day 1 of my stay. It seemed to be a cleaner place than most of the rural areas I have visited (Gujarat, U.P, Punjab, etc.). Then eventually, I learnt more and here it is. Gobi is nothing more than a straight road…. hahaha…. believe me… our hotel-Vasu Palace, our office-Samruddhi, market comprising of small shops, bus stop, banks, etc. are all on a single straight road. This kept me bothering till late and then one evening I was supposed to visit few villages and shops. Will move a little away from this road at last, I thought. Hard Luck but, again our journey was only along the same straight road with a little diversion to enter the villages. Good for me though as am bad with roads and direction, so no more fumbles now.
Now time for what used to be major motivation all through my life-Food. As goes for the road, its the same for the food. I have tried 5-6 odd places. The thali or meals as they say, tastes the same where ever you go. oooohh…… sick nd tired of the flavour we decided to visit few bakery shops. Surprisingly, the cakes and the puffs whatever you eat and from which ever shop you buy, would taste the same 
Vasu Palace, our dinning hub…… you have south indian, north indian, chinese (well, they are proud to have it as part of their menu)…. every thing would taste the same 
Now, am no good with Tamil. So whatever people say… it sounds alpha gamma beta to me. The people at office are more often than not on tours, interactions….. whats that??
Never thought how bland life can be. But Thanks to the telecom revolution- our phones work here. Talking to friends, family, near and dear ones is the only flavour that I can savour right now and hope to continue till I escape….
Interesting description of Gobichettipalayam: Hope u had a wonderful time there.
Hi,
…Gobi is nice place to stay sans the hotness that peaks especially in May-june.Otherwise,we have all the facilities to lead a good life and stay away from cacophony of the cities.Well connected,less/zero polluted ,Gobi is the hub for the villages surrounding it.It has got quite a few god institutions as well.I hope you would have enjoyed ur stay there barring Fud 
My name is rameshbabu..i hail from gobichettipalayam..I am glad to see that u hv stayed in Gobi and have given a clean chit to Gobi’s cleanliness
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why hv u stopped blogging???
Hi! The post brought some memories back…I happened to visit Gobichettapalayam and a few villages in there (Kanakampalayam) for work for a day in 2002. I haven’t forgotten the name of the village for the same reason…it was one of the prettiest villages I have seen in India.
Oh and by the way that was my OT-II !!