Growing Up

It  wasn't a great day to travel, flight getting delayed by almost 4hrs and then the heavy rain made it worse for the cab to go on brisk pace. Finally the cab came to a halt. The cab service had improved considerably, i could see the Houseboard hanging on the iron gate, asked the cab driver if the payment was done or not. He answered " haan ma'am aapke paytm se hogaya payment " . Shakily i picked my only bag and stepped out, it was only a small bag, i hadn't planned to stay long but as it is the bag seemed heavier than what i had carried to my trip to Europe. The house looked the same, except the paint had been worn out, the rain cluttered my mind so much that i couldn't think of anything. The door bell was still the same, i wondered if it still worked. I took a moment to hold my nerve, i had never imagined him to be weak. He was always my hero, on his broad shoulders i had seen so many fairs, year after year. I always wondered how he was nev...

It was a silent night. The fan slowly creaked making the only noise in the so called pin drop silence. With no wind gushing through the window it was fair to call “main aur meri tanhai, aksar ye baatein karte hain”, it was just start of the season and I could feel the long summer it would be. This wall clock reminded me of her chimes 2 with 2 hoots, it’s an old clock, maybe more old than the time I was here in this city, which is still a stranger to me.  People say to get up at the brahma muhurat for a reason, coz nothing good happens at this time of the night. I partly agree to it, but as it is nothing good happens in my life nowadays, the added dryness in the air making it hard for me to sleep, not that it really matters anyways. These smartphones have made my life so demanding, when you see someone posting stuff on social sites, but then I ask myself are they really happy or maybe it must be a phase which they want to share. I switch off my phone, move towards the...

I looked up and smiled, this embarrassment was good I thought... There are moments when you suddenly remember an incident which forces you to double check it. This girl sat next to me and just when the flight was about to take off and suddenly she clasped her hands on the arm rest and somehow it touched my hand. I slowly and steadily tried getting my hand off the place.  It was in the fourth year, I had not seen Gaurav for the last two days and that too a weekend.  There’s was sudden knock at my door. “Dude!! Open the door” I knew it was Gaurav, taking my own sweet i opened my room and asked him sarcastically “ Kaha se aarha hai tu” with a sly smile on my face. A characteristic which is very common to all friends. A guy meets a girl and his friends decide on his marriage, children and his future with the girl. I would say we are too caring for our friends.  He almost barged in my room and said “Dude!!! I want to talk to you” “...

Golden temple is one such place where the crowd is never ending, but today it was too crowded. It had to be, Purnima nights are always hell packed. I had come to this place almost a thousand times by now and always wished to say no to friend who visited me but I had to bring them here anyhow. I was standing after putting my shoes on the rack and waited for Aditi. I heard a thud, a man had fainted just behind us. It was hard to make out what really happened, just then Aditi made her move and the next thing I saw, she was near the guy checking his pulse and I knew the oath that every doctor takes has already overpowered here. I closed in along with her. The lad must be in his early thirties or say late twenties, how does it matter really  “Please! Make way... I am a doctor. Let me take a look at him!” I heard her loud noise and all the calculation about the age of this lad went out the window. she started with the pulse, to be frank he seemed too normal to me, j...

I don’t travel abroad on a daily basis so I was excited and I am sure I didn't know how to hide it. Gaurav and I had planned it for like ages now. He would be boarding the same flight from Bangalore. I had reached Delhi airport before time, it was an achievement for me. I have never reached airports on time. As I checked in the lady printed the boarding pass after some enquiry and gave a small blue paper to be filled up for immigration. I being a thorough professional when it comes to traveling had checked all the necessary documents to be carried. Just then my phone rang “ oye, did u reach”.  “Yes, do u think I would miss it for my life?” I replied “Ur history speaks for you, anyways board the flight and ping me” “Roger, dude” and I left that slip on the desk itself unknowingly. In a hurry I made my way to the immigration line, it was not a line, I would say it was liiiiiiine. I was just wondering is the whole of India planning a trip today, simultaneously ch...

I want you to stay in my mind forever, as we speak, as we dream. I would love to capture all your smiles forever. I would love to pull magic from my hat, squeeze the ice into water. just to dance on the water with you. I would if i could.... I would reach beyond my grasp to.... not to reach up to stars..  but to end up on the moon.... Well to start with where I left; I wanted to sleepover this one, But then Sagittarius traits won't let me, I wanted to sleep the only day i get off, but no the sleep won't come easy this time. After covering places in the blog, we had two more days at our disposal and Kasol was in the plan. My friend just called some of his friends who were on a trip nearby and that is how we came to know about a trek near Barshaini. Finally we decided to move with the kasol plan, with a slight change of camping at near Barshaini. As usual my first free advice here "Never plan your trips to the minutest of detail" The ...

I gaze down the viewfinder of my camera, and i see you there at the end of it. I activate myself to work on a piece, and i'm inscribing about you. I'm not even sure how I got back to myself. Somehow the time again helped me. yet i hardly ruminate i have moved ahead.... I believe one day i would see you again. I believe one day i would see you smile again.  any place, anytime  call me if you ever need anything or simply want to see me.  I'll be there, pronto. Let me know if you can come out here sometime-anytime. I can arrange for your trip, if that's a problem. I always thought college life was tedious but now i am sure all my friends would agree that work life is way too tedious, can be very tedious at times. I don't generally msg my friends but this time i wanted a trip badly, somehow i could convince two of friends easily for this trip and now we have some other in the pipeline( but sure even the best laid plans fail at times) fingers crosse...