Transition

...I just wanted to let you know that I made it home. The journey wasn't an easy one, but it didn't take too long...for I had followed a promise... Everything is so pretty here, so white, so fresh and new. I wish that you could close your eyes and that you could see it too. He is taking care of me... I'm in the shelter of His hands Here there is no sadness, no sorrow, and no pain. Here there is no crying and I'll never hurt again.... But... I need to spread my wings again.... ..leave the warmth of his hands... ..leave the beauty here... To yet another faraway land.... To yet another promise....

This is a sudden post brought on by some small incidents that keep affecting me & I believe some others too... At the Indira Gandhi airport a week back (the day I returned from Trichy), I was standing in line for the Prepaid Taxi. There was a long queue. When my turn came the guy at the counter suddenly got a call on his mobile. While I was waiting for him to finish it,a lady suddenly came at my side. She tried to push me aside & talk to the counter guy. I was irritated & asked her politely to stand in line. She did not respond but stopped pushing me. Nevertheless she stood where she was & did not move from there. Finally when I got hold of my receipt & came out of the queue,the lady stepped in.No amount of indignation from the other people behind her perturbed her & she had her way. Today I had attended the engagement of one of my friends.There was a buffet arranged for us. While I was helping myself to the delicacies one by one on my plate, a lady who was next...

Am at home now!!! And enjoying all the privileges that go with it!!! Eating as if I have not had a morsel to eat the past 4 months & sleeping to my heart's content...It is a wonder how you get to sleep so soundly at home with all the commotion happening around you (you will get an idea of what I am talking about if you have ever dealt with 2 shrieking kids around you) and don’t get a wink of sleep anywhere else with not even a whisper of wind to disturb you... But that is what Home is all about I guess... Feels great to be back!!! Went via Bangalore to Trichy this time …. Stayed with my brother & my ‘perimma/maasi’ for 2 days in Bangalore...Unlike Tamilnadu you can manage with Hindi or English in Bangalore… a cool place...literally & figuratively …went to a mall (yeah again…:-)) and roamed around.. Could not resist the book shop there …there was really a good collection of books … Got Bourne Supremacy (Aye!! the same thriller movie) by Robert Ludlum and Shashi Tharoor‘s...

Sunday - Nov 6th 12:30 pm It is a lazy Sunday afternoon and am half sitting and half lying down in the living room sofa of my PG house listening to some Hindi songs.. and day dreaming..There is a chill in the air even though it is in the middle of the afternoon which is a bit strange for me.. & it reminds me that I have not done my Winter shopping yet which people are claiming will almost kill us Southies who are not used to it... It feels totally relaxing to be like this... a state wherein you are not bothered by anything ... no cases .. no irate PM trying to make your life miserable.. just the radio playing 'khajrare' the nth time.. never liked it that much to begin with .. but out of sheer repetition I have become used to it... But all cannot be peaceful in this perfect sunday .. I knew ...Yet again two of my PG mates are shouting at the maid & she is shouting back.. am seriously amazed at their lung power... 2 people vs 1 ... still the maid is giving equal competit...

Life has become hectic..either I am in the office working or at home sleeping... It has become very rare to meet even my room mates... But the work is exciting enough ..and does make me feel that I am finally a part of the world of Networking professionals.There is a long way to go in terms of learning ..But I feel that I have taken the first baby steps towards what I want to achieve... Apart from work there are other quality things that I feel very strongly for ... for example .. Books ... The times that I stay home are usually spent reading.. Reading has been the greatest passion in life so far... and it has been like that for quite some time.. Even though writing is my new love.. nothing can take away the pleasure of curling up in bed with a good book...& it is an added pleasure if you are the proud owner of the book...The most beautiful thing about financial independence I have realised is ..you can lay your hands on any book you want & buy it too without feeling guilty tha...

It is long since I wrote anything ...simply because of no access to a PC with Internet connection.. Then I thought I will just jot down in a piece of paper & then type it out later .. So here goes... After a series of encounters with the forces of nature which was making Mumbai literally a Water world.. we (my friend,philosopher & guide .. !she wouldnt settle for anything less than that! & myself) finally landed in the Indira Gandhi airport .. Delhi enveloped us in a warm embrace...err.. a bit too warm for my comfort .. After the relentless lashing of the rains in the window panes of the Indian Airlines flight in Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus .. the dry heat of the midday sun felt totally alien to us ... An Airport taxi took us to Gurgaon - the hub of so many MNCs & even more number of malls that people must have lost count by now.. By nightfall we were in the PG accommodation that a dear friend had taken pains to book for us.. I didnt know what to expect of a PG.. Apart ...

I have been trying to post something for the past 2 weeks .. but somehow I could not make it past the staring phase (where I sit staring at the blogger logo... trying to pull some coherent thought out of all the ones trying to claim priority in my head) not that there was nothing happening... Things have become all the more chaotic because I have accepted an offer of job outside Mumbai where I have been staying for the past two and a half years... With all the formalities almost done I am all set to uproot to yet another new place ... It is actually exciting to think that I will be visiting the captial city & places around that.. It is a big thing because before Mumbai I have never ventured north of Chennai .. it seems a really long way from home ... But I am not going to brood on all that for now ...will just thank my good luck and also wish sincerely that the good luck holds in the new place among new people.. Hmmmm... The Autumn has finally struck this leaf also ... Coming from...