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              AN ALL NEW EXPERIENCE 

I AM SURE THAT IT WOULD BE AN ALL NEW EXPERIENCE FOR A PERSON FROM AMBASAMUDRAM WHICH IS ALMOST AT THE  THE SOUTHERN MOST TIP OF PENINSULAR INDIA , TO WEATHER SEVERE WINTER AT ANY PART OF THE YEAR . NOT MANY I AM PRETTY SURE WOULD HAVE SEEN A SNOWFALL ANYTIME DURING THEIR LIVES . KASHMIR FOR A FEW OR OOTY OR KODAIKANAL MAY HAVE BEEN THEIR ONLY TRYST WITH COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS . 

HERO / HEROINE THROWING SNOWBALLS AT EACH OTHER PLAYFULLY ON THE SILVER SCREEN ARE THE ONLY EXPERIENCE OF SNOW FOR MOST OF US . 

HERE I AM IN MY MIDDLE SEVENTIES AT A PLACE CALLED REGINA IN CANADA WHICH FACES A BOUT OF SEVERE WINTER FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS IN A YEAR . THE TEMPERATURES ARE ALMOST ALWAYS AT SUB ZERO LEVELS . MINUS TWENTY OR SO IS A REGULAR FEATURE HERE . THIS IS MY THIRD VISIT TO REGINA DURING THE WINTER MONTHS  . THE WHOLE PLACE IS COVERED IN A BLANKET OF SNOW AND COVERED IN  A WHITE SHEET ANYWHERE THAT YOU MAY LOOK .

THE LOCALS DO NOT SEEM TO MIND IT ALL AND GO ABOUT THEIR LIFE IN A NORMAL WAY .