Delhi ramblings
Planning and unplanning for weekend getaways has become the way of life. Too much demand on our time from the external world, so have to find a new way of living every moment The city without which I cannot survive gets to me after a while. The continuous cyclical existential ways of life gets to me. But what choice do we have. Oh plenty! Catch a movie, meet up with friends, cook a new wonder, catch a new play or an exhibition, or just simply catch up with reading. The last holiday on Wednesday I did just that...read and read some more.
Finding five beautiful things a day while "on the move" is what I live by now to break the monotony of each day.
· Squirrel preening itself in the early morning breeze
· Whitey in peaceful slumber- this particular great thing of the day can be captured anytime of the day as she always finds time for 40 winks!
· A child taking a free ride on way back from school on a van rickshaw, well people who are not aware what this is, it is a bigger kind of a tricycle with a half buggy for lugging stuff small distances, very common in Delhi.
· People catching up with a quick bite enroute work, at times one really catches cozy shots of life when the child is feeding the father while he is at the wheel cursing the morning traffic.
· Young lovers bunking college or work and just enjoy togetherness.
· A smartly dressed young man doing a jig on the road while waiting for the bus listening to some favourite track on the Ipod.
Life is full of these surprises which bring a smile on my face everyday while I am on the move, exasperrated but then given a flash of humour and happiness I survive the drudgery of living in a big city.
Finding five beautiful things a day while "on the move" is what I live by now to break the monotony of each day.
· Squirrel preening itself in the early morning breeze
· Whitey in peaceful slumber- this particular great thing of the day can be captured anytime of the day as she always finds time for 40 winks!
· A child taking a free ride on way back from school on a van rickshaw, well people who are not aware what this is, it is a bigger kind of a tricycle with a half buggy for lugging stuff small distances, very common in Delhi.
· People catching up with a quick bite enroute work, at times one really catches cozy shots of life when the child is feeding the father while he is at the wheel cursing the morning traffic.
· Young lovers bunking college or work and just enjoy togetherness.
· A smartly dressed young man doing a jig on the road while waiting for the bus listening to some favourite track on the Ipod.
Life is full of these surprises which bring a smile on my face everyday while I am on the move, exasperrated but then given a flash of humour and happiness I survive the drudgery of living in a big city.
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