Monday, April 7, 2008

Time

I love holidays.
To sleep until the sun is almost half way to the top, and then no rush to go bathe, get dressed for work and run so as to not miss the bus... Not a slave bound to do the bidding of a clock...

I had watched "The Gods must be crazy"-series a couple of months ago. The life of the bushman was really enviable. He had not a care in the world... the only thing he had to worry about was food and water. No meetings to attend, no office to go to... no schedule to follow... He was blissfully ignorant about all the troubles of the civilized word...
No inflationary pressures, no government to vote for, no worries about changing weather, no anxieties over gold/fuel price increase... about anything...

The movies are a must-watch! Its not going to be possible to adopt his lifestyle, but still... it is wonderful to see what life is like for a man who masters TIME, because he is totally unaware of its existence :-)

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Solitary

As I stepped out of the building, the smell of the first shower wafted up to me... I took a deep breath of the fresh air, happy to escape my claustrophobic cubicle. It has stopped raining but there were still gray clouds that forebode more rain. The evening sun seemed fey. It shone contentedly through the gray clouds... dimmed but spreading the golden light. Just sufficiently bright, when it is possible to stare into the sun without having to squint at it. I don't think I would have tired of looking at the mellow sun... The sun that was not its bold self, shining on with no hint of embarrassment as its power was dissipating into the night. I looked around, and everything was touched by this yellow-orange light... the colour that we so commonly see in the movies of the 70's. The sun had gone behind the clouds... throwing those shafts of golden yellow in all possible directions... hiding, but not quite. It seemed to be beckoning onlookers to take those golden stairs up to the unknown and explore what lay yonder...
The driver got into the bus and started it... Time to go. I climbed the steps into the bus to start my journey into the night...while the sun prepared to sleep in anticipation of the arduous day round the corner.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Rambling...

Today there was the ever so gentle drizzle and the grass on the lawn looked so lush having gotten rid of all the dust after its bath under Nature's shower. It so reminded me of the first day at my college in Surathkal. I had just gone there for registration and the morning that my father and I landed there, we were welcomed by a sudden spell of showers. We rushed into the Guest-house. After freshening up, I stepped out to catch some fresh air... and it was love at first sight (considering that I didn't really have time to catch my first when we alighted from the bus). There... I am running away with my memories of the place I hold so close to my heart - my second home.

I think I take a walk "down memory lane" at the drop of a hat these days... I so want to be this person who will just be here and now... but, yesterday was so beautiful... and I know that tomorrow is going to be beautiful too, because every tomorrow is going to become yesterday... except for the last one! :-)
... ok. Will be back with more ramblings...:-)