Hi to all!!!
No excuses to be heard or produced, no fallacy accepted! My absence from what I call my “heart n soul” has been disappointing and uncalled for.
Yet, I guess it took some time to get over a bad phase, to come full circle. All for good!! J
Kalaakaar ki koi kadra hi nahi hai… TRUE!!!
Just now I have been ushered out of my room, that I share with my pokey brother. The reason was simple to understand but difficult to comprehend. He could not sleep when I was busy writing. The sound of punching keys on the keyboard disturbed him. And then the next thing I saw was my father, looking much older due to such petty arguments, entering the room. I could tell he looked old. The light casted a submissive portrait of a man, shoulders slumped, forehead creased. At that time, I knew I didn’t want to be a misery to him. So without much further arguments, I decided to still pursue what I should have been doing regularly, compromising the air-conditioned room and my cozy bed.
Anyhow, since I last posted something here, there have been numerous changes, mostly for good, happening at me end. Take for example- my, otherwise strict-regimed family- the one to follow “Early to bed, early to rise” principle- granted my earnest request and took me to “Bangla Sahib Gurudwara” as early as 6 in the morning. Ofcourse, we had never done such an “outing” before and for them, it was no less than crazy. But I fancied it. I loved it more than I fancied it. I admired it more than I loved it. It was a déjà vu feeling to me. Like at “Darbar Sahib”, Amritsar. I wish I the sun never came up as harsh as it was then, and I could hang around the place whole day long. It was soothing. It was comforting.
And then the scariest thing happened. The E.X.A.M.S., of course!!!Those who know me right know that I am not a person to be deterred by such (mis)happenings. However, these developments do change your regime and suddenly you see yourself out of thecomfortable bubble which had held you for long. You go helter-skelter, collecting last minute notes, taking all “daadi maa k nuskhe” to enhance your memory level. Suddenly, the household budget goes up as the coffee jar has to be replenished every other night. You become the resident of a third-world country where no movies are screened, people don’t party. The facebook status messages only reinforce the plight of the agonized students. Some swear on the subject and its originator, while others settle for the teacher teaching the same.
But, soon, they pass. So did mine. The moment came very late that I realized that I am relieved off the burden of projects, assignments and exams for more than a couple of months! Of late, I have been planning grandly to spend my summers in an unusual way, the “learning” way. But now, all I want is- sleep, food, friends, hills, more food, more sleep, more hang outs and as usual, more trips…
They realization of my freedom came by the way of a family dinner. It had long been anticipated but couldn’t be materialized coz of some prior commitment or such. I knew I was sleep-deprived. I knew I had to mind my ways. But once there, I let it go. They are the people I belong with. My sis-in-law (how I hate that word!!! If I had it my way, I’d rather call her my sis) and I are almost on the same wavelength when it comes to thoughts and ideas. And my sis, no word in the world can explain what a darling she is. U know u can’t expect a 22 year old to be so naïve, so pure at heart. I feel stupid and sad when I think of all the time that we both couldn’t be as good sisters. But now that we are, I think we really gel along very well.
So, my sis-in-law and I share the same zest for literature and nature (whoo! That rhymed). U maroon the two of us in a room full of books and a sumptuous supply of food to last us days and weeks, and u’llfind us healthy as horse even after an eternity. We talk about just anything and everything under the sun. I never knew I could confide in her. Its her birthday today…
Happy Birthday, Bhabi!! May God Bless You with all that you want and deserve!!! J
And so, when our talks never seem to cease, my sis calls it the “Chipmunk Transactions”. Lol!! This proximity to them makes me wonder- when we were a joint family, we were never together. Now that we are separated, we vouch for togetherness… Strange!
Each day teaches you one thing or the other…for me, the process of learning just never ends…Like there is too much to learn in such short span. Like I never knew in case of emergency, if u get trapped inside your car, u just have to push the windscreen with your feet with all your force and it’ll come off. Aaj ka lesson.
OK! So, the final word is that the blogger in me has come out of hibernation and now, it’s the full moon time for blogging!
Hoping for eventful summers ahead!!!
