Wednesday, October 19, 2011

#10: Life enroute

Too many things going on in my world right now.. (reminds me of my travel back home.. dont let any questions crop up.. have some patience) Suddenly it feels like it has drifted into a new dimension with things upside down.. but all u need at that time is a Jack Sparrow to bring things back into place.. guess i do have one in my own world.. and voila! thrz my post after a long long time. :P

As I did mention before, the traffic inside my brain reminded me of the traffic I witness on the way home. There is this road at the railway station I have to cross to get to the bus stop.... that road is the busiest i have ever seen till now.. and mind you! every damn minute of the day.. so full of life!

it starts with these irritating pedestrians who keep crossing the roads as if some tiger or a lion is chasing them, with the only motto to reach the other shore, they march on, irrespective of the traffic.. all the more irritating are those pink shirted ladies with goggles, sitting in the cars, one in each with an ugly scorn.. i wonder how peaceful, it actually might get when they start using their feet to travel someday.. m sure they wont even occupy 1/10th the place their cars do.. if they would bother atleast a millionth fraction about the size of their cars instead of theirs and how uneasy it gets on roads like these.. phew! life wud be better for all.. then ofcourse, we have our very own roadside vendors marking every inch of the footpath they discover into their territory - one positive point about this is that they make sure there is no room for people to flock around any corner.. but we, humans, dont really need a corner.. coupled with a few, we can keep on bargaining and fighting with the vendor infront of his bandi, even if it means blocking the road!.. then the actual bandis go 'honk!honk!' all around the place amplifying the already ubiquitous irritation.. leaving them alone, these days with the 'aping' season on.. one who travels on Indian roads sees a lot of male and female buddies hanging around almost everywhere.. yes, i AM talking about the great Indian roads, dude, it was alien-ish when it started, but now its more of an eyesore.. Amidst all this, there is a temple carved along the side with all the footwear decorating its outside, every passer-by stops, removes his chappal, puts a namaskaram praying the Lord to grant his wish of the day and moves on.. and yes where there is a temple or any 'life' around, there are inherently our road mates - the beggars - some are authentic while some actually threaten you till you lose some of your hard-earned lot(if at all you are one who do that else there is no big difference where the money goes)..  And by the way, did I mention that this small thing(road) has a divider in between too! So, its when I reach this place that the sense of 'going home' dawns in.

There is a lot more that goes on around the place.. and its best seen than read. So, anyone who wants to make a visit to such a 'lively' place, can contact me anytime!

Waiting for a good response :P
Shampoo