A farewell

It would be hard to part away with you. You have been with me through thick and thin. You are my first sight in the morning and the last before I go to sleep. You have seen me through smiles and tears, you have seen me through air and water, you have seen me through fire and wind. Every beauty that I have seen so far is because of you. Every moment that I captured in my heart as dear has been possible because you were there. You have been such an indispensable part of me so far that I never realized that you were something apart from me. I am used to your presence like breathing- always there but never conscious. You have made me feel good, smart and intelligent; you have made me feel ugly and weird too but these were just momentary phases when maybe I hated myself so much that I blamed you for it. I never thought or even imagined in my wildest dreams that I would ever live without you. Now its seems like I am going to. I am happy that I would be independent of you but will miss you terribly till I get used to you not being around.

Goodbye My Beloved Spectacles :) You have been my best companion ever :)

Voices

Many many opinions of my many many people, people who matter but somehow don't make sense!

Some of them quoted:


"Get married!"
"Study further!"
"You can always get married and then study further!"
"Work and get some experience!"
"Teach, thats where you are the happiest!"
"Why not keep trekking forever m ever?"
"Get hitched gal, thats what you need :P"
"You need to stick around longer in this field to know if it is right for you"
"Be stable for god sake!"
"Go abroad, study and settle!"
"Just follow your heart"
"You can do anything you want to, just do it"
"You are getting old, age will not be on your side forever, find a man ...fast"
"Is marriage even on the cards for you?"
"Just do what your parents say and don't let your imagination run wild"
"Don't think"
"Life happens"


Inside the head:
" Screw it, I am doing it anyway"
"Try"

"Give yourself a chance, live :P"

U and I ......In this beautiful world

With the whole world busy in their work, studies, family, etc etc, the past few months have been like a people sieve. Suddenly a lot of my people are either getting into relationships or getting engaged or getting married and the ones who do not fit into this category got their dream jobs and disappeared to their alien work world . Now the ones in "relationship" category are either too busy running around building castles or attending calls and "spending time"  with their partners. The alien world is of course beyond reach.

With so many people disappearing at once, there seems to be just one person who is still there as she always was and we still hang around like we always did. With work, family and all that taking the lion's share of our lives we still manage to talk for hours , gossip, sulk, laugh and travel(minimum or local as it may be). So this weekend it was Elephanta calling for us. It was supposed to be a group of 6 initially and with everyone backing out in the last moment, it was just the two of us (as usual) travelling. She had been to Elephanta Caves before and me, despite being in Mumbai my whole life, this was to be my first visit.

With the ferry ride, the long walk towards the caves, fashion photography with me trying on all the gypsy jewellary and she clicking me , a cake treat with a stranger celebrating her birthday, we relaxed reminiscing all our long trips together and discussing paradoxes of weird sorts. It was just a 20 min walk and climb to the caves but with the rising heat and crowd, we took around 1 hour to reach the entrance. The caves were an absolute treat but the crowd there was a big turn off. We were quiet surprised that this place despite being a world heritage monument allows kids to play cricket inside the premises. It looked more like a playground or a picnic spot than a historical monument.

We tried our level best to capture pictures of the statues without people barging in on the frame but it was a vain attempt as we couldn't find a way to keep them away. We gave up finally and started clicking each other instead and that was super fun. The walk back was easy as we had our lunch midway and were full and re -hydrated.   The ferry ride back was more of sunbathing with we sitting on the top of the deck at 2 in the afternoon. Giggling and making fun of people around, clicking weird pictures made us forget the heat and all the sun allergies we are prone to. 

So ,all in all, it was a very normal day spent very normally with a very normal company. And this normalcy is what made it special altogether. Simple life made simpler. 

PS: You make all the difference Miss Swati Diwakar. Thank you :)

The Little things you do for me..

n nobody else makes me feel Good....

Little things you do for me...

Making me smile n no one else could...!

That's why I like to sit next to you....,

and Hear your mad stories, I know they're not true..

and I like that we share a secret or two ......Together....!

Little things you do for me..

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