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"My Reminiscence" is a book written by . In this chapter, he had explained his river-side memories when he returned to   from his second trip to England. He was reminded of the beauty of the , those ineffable days, the plaintive  of the river, and the leisure time that he enjoyed lazily. He felt it was his home and also the  of a Mother. However, the place had changed due to  advancements - the little river-side nests have been converted into huge , which belched out smoke and made continuous noises. This disturbed the mental and had invaded all parts of life. He recollected the afternoons he spent in that village, singing and floating by in boats, along with his brother . They returned to their villa late on such nights after the place had calmed down. The villa had a flight of  steps that started from the river bed and led to various rooms on different floors. The villa had a big sitting room with stained glass windows and colourful pictures. The topmost room of the villa had windows on all sides and permitted views to only open skies and treetops. He wrote a small poem about the room and had mentioned that he had built the house only for the sake of writing .