Walking Tour by R L Stevenson.....Malayalam Summary

Walking Tour by R L Stevenson English Summary: Walking Tour by R.L. Stevenson provides the readers with an elaborate account of a walking tour with all its do's and don'ts. As he was a traveller himself, Stevenson quotes experiential accounts of a few master-travellers such as Hazlitt and Robert Burns in order to drive home to us his point of view. In the course of the essay, Stevenson criticizes the monotonous life led by modern men and women and prescribes walking tours as a relief and a remedy. If a tour is all about viewing landscapes, then a train would make for a satisfactory travel. But a walking tourstarts with hope and spirit and ends with energizing ourselves with peace and spirit. A person would feel pleasure after pleasure during the walk. While going on such a tour, one should not be an 'over walker'. If one walks fast in order to cover a long distance, then one will be brutalizing one's own body. An 'over walker' will neither enjoy the evening sky nor the journey itself. Moreover, his physical exhaustion will put him to sleep. To enjoy the walking tour to the fullest, one has to go alone. If one goes with a company or as pairs, it will be more like a picnic. In a walking tour, one should enjoy the liberty to stop and then continue. In the beginning if one feels the urge to give up, then it is better to enjoy a short break and 'give three leaps and go on singing'. This would enable one to improve the mood. If one constantly ponders over one's anxieties and worries, one will never be happy about the walk. Though the essayist quotes the words of Hazlitt, he is against leaping and running because these actions would only break the natural rhythm of respiration. A walking tour gives one a sense of physical well-being, a delightful play of fresh air and makes one relish the solitude. During a walking tour, one feels that the passage of time slows down. This is what the people who live in the industrial era miss. As they are engaged in a rat race against time and space they really forget to live the time. Stevenson concludes the essay with a talk on a evening's rest after a long walk. We throw ourselves into the hands of nature and bring down all our guards. We are all running after our desires. In fact, we have failed tounderstand how momentary life is. We should ask ourselves when was the last time we were happy. Are we really living? We should ponder over such profound questions. To think and to live our life is all that matters. When times get better and when you are to live, go on a walking tour. Do post a comment if there's any doubt regarding the essay. Stay Happy and Healthy 😊 Thank You🙏