07.29.06
I’m there..almost..
I’ve been a log the last few days.I know, because my mum is beginning to lose patience.I can tell I am over doing the laziness.
My only socialising has been limited to the 6 employees that visit my flat everyday.They do make fun company you know.Of course I also had to visit the 2 hospitals that I have been associated with in the past and meet all the residents that I have worked with.I always enjoy meeting them.Reminds me where I come from, where I want to eventually be.
Oh well, I just wish it could rain all day long.I could listen to music and write poetry.Get some chai while I am at it and if mum feels like being kind she could fry up some pakodas.What life I say!
It seems rather wrong to wish for a monsoon mania like I have known it.Come rain or what have you, we still had to go to school.Wade through all that water, my red gum boots, over sized rain coats.Lovely memories they have become.Life went on, Mumbai never stopped.I feel proud to have felt that spirit around me.
Today as I plan to meet friends and getaways, I see the weather forecast has a huge part to play in it.People work from home if they have to.Phones stop working, and rains seem to create havoc.I sense rains aren’t that fun anymore.
I wasn’t here last year, but I sense the deluge.I have heard so many horror stories by now.I feel guilty I wasn’t around.I have yet to meet some one who wasn’t touched by last year’s catastrophe.I know great loss has been dealt with.Terrorising memories have been etched.What/who are lost, are gone for ever.Those that survived, still fight their demons.
Petitions are being circulated.Vows are being made.Blame is being passed on.Construction can be seen in full vigour, just not where it is actually needed.I hear compensation did change hands just not the right ones.Garbage perfumes the city like never before.Roads don’t look like roads anymore.
I am saddened.Guilty.I see brave faces around me.I find eyes shielding one’s dignity.I know people who are still picking up their pieces.I only hope they can one day put it all back together.I do feel the insecurity.I wonder how those that have seen it all, fight on.I wonder what it was like to be here, then.
Romanticizing probably comes easy from my comfortable room.Fighting it wont be that easy.Maintaining one’s dignity through it all, even harder.But that is a lesson I learn today.I guess that is what Mumbai is all about.
Happy to be home.
dwaipayan said,
July 30, 2006 at 10:15 am
enjoy ur days at home as much as you can..
Ubermensch said,
July 30, 2006 at 1:58 pm
I gather you have moved to Mumbai, Good Luck , its not the city its the heart that counts at the end of the day.
Peace
Uber
Rohit Talwar said,
July 30, 2006 at 2:23 pm
I’m glad
Enjoy yourself! Wish you an unforgettable time before you eventually hit back
educatedunemployed said,
July 30, 2006 at 8:41 pm
Dwaipayan:
I sure will.:)
Ubermensch:
I guess so.Yes I have moved back.
Rohit:
Thanks.:)
vishwa said,
July 30, 2006 at 10:19 pm
Wow…!
Nothing else to say!
Amarula said,
July 30, 2006 at 11:46 pm
i hope it rains not too much, just the right drizzle, tht you will enjoy sitting by the window, with hot pakodas and chai? and a book? or under your quilt?
have fun and keep the blogs coming.
greensatya said,
July 31, 2006 at 12:17 am
Enjoy the life in Mumbai as long you are there.
The tragedy last year has snatched the fun from the rains or it was never there.
Have a good time.
educatedunemployed said,
July 31, 2006 at 2:02 am
Vishwa:
Thanks,:)
Amarula:
It has been raining, slight drizzles.It is lovely.Chai and quilt has happened.Will take some cajoling for the pakodas.:)
Greensatya:
I am sure we will see the fun again.Everyone needs time for recuperation.
Ford Prefect said,
July 31, 2006 at 12:38 pm
hmm .. so its raining and stinking and the roads are broken and one needs to wade through water to reach work … What have I gotten myself into ??
Apy said,
July 31, 2006 at 1:57 pm
hmm… hope things neva go as bad as it happ last year..
Gangadhar said,
July 31, 2006 at 4:00 pm
Me too wanna say….Enjoy,enjoy and enjoy….
btw tnx for blog rolling me…
sharda said,
August 1, 2006 at 5:23 am
So you are back or you never went!
Hye make socializing spree fun.
educatedunemployed said,
August 1, 2006 at 6:39 am
Ford Perfect:
Utter bliss I tell ya.:)
Apy:
Point is are we prepared, if it does?
Gangadhar:
Thanks for your wishes.
Sharda:
I never really left this place.Fitted right into it.:)
Soumyadip said,
August 1, 2006 at 12:27 pm
So you’re back.
dwaipayan said,
August 1, 2006 at 7:48 pm
update…..we want update
educatedunemployed said,
August 2, 2006 at 2:50 am
Soumyadip:
Yes I am:)
Dwaipayan:
You’ve got it.:)
jhantu said,
August 2, 2006 at 3:06 am
nice but a bit melancholic
educatedunemployed said,
August 3, 2006 at 4:27 am
Jhantu:
You got that right.:)
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September 29, 2006 at 5:11 am
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