khichdi of thoughts!!

I came back from B’lore on 16th…its’ 23rd today….I had so much to write but the “officewallahs” didn’t give me a single chance…I have been slogging like a “donkey” all these days after coming back. Each and every relaxing moment of my trip was replaced by some really busy moments working in front of the BLACK Screen. I personally am very fond of the color BLACK but when it comes to “mainframe wala BLACK”….my fondness disappears as the discipline from our Parliament!!

I had so many things in my mind that I had to put down in words…but Alas! Some stupid request never permitted me to do so….today that I don’t have that amount of work…I can devote some time in scribbling my blog before a long list of enhancements and design changes are mailed to me from onsite…’coz then I won’t get any time to scribble some stupid thoughts as I would be busy with the “love letter” from onsite!!
B’lore trip was cool!! Met Bhai…with his “naukriwala professional” look….felt good to see him this way….celebrated Rakhi and his Birthday….bhai n’ I roamed across B’lore where I gotto hear all HORROR stories about the B’lore traffic from bhai…he didn’t like the place at all…bhai was treating me for a change and yep! I did receive a Rakhi gift fom him!!! We also went to the Planetarium in B’lore…as we used to go with aai and baba…caught up with some old friends…one of them was Sohini…my batchmate of TCS training days…met her after 1.5 years…but never realized it….thats the best part of friendship I guess….starting off from where you had left…I had gone to her place for dinner….and believe me I was actually very touched with all her gestures…she cooked so many things inspite of working in the office the whole day…ekdum DIL SE!! I felt all the more because this was kind of the first time when I was at the receiving end…all these days it was me who used to cook something when any of my friend came over….it feels good to be on the other side for a while…

The journey while going and coming back was no less fun! At times I wonder how many different characters actually exist on this planet!! This lady in my compartment was exceptionally loud and descriptive about the tiniest miniest thing of her life!! very much unlike her mother....who was a personnification of poise and patience...!!! The lady did irritate me for a while ‘coz everytime I thought of taking a nap or going back with my book…she was all ready with some new story of hers….but at the same time there was something very lovable about her…I had good fun…on my way back…I met this “maharashtrian” couple and thought of them as those typical characters which I am not very fond of…Bhai had a good time teasing me about how much FUN I am going to have with them…but surprisingly they were the “interestingly intelligent” lot…and very helpful too…

I never actually like the return journeys…the beginning of the journey is so full of enthusiasm, a motive, a path to trail, a destination to reach….the return journeys seem to be void…void of a motive, void of a destination…but that’s how journeys are…they start and they end…and u collect memories and experiences…meet people…u like some u dislike some….and then start off with another journey....

The week passed in a fast forward mode with me struggling to write something and failing miserably 'coz of my work….the weekend came…only a Sunday for me….I met Prashant Dhanke…my school friend at the airport…he had a connecting flight to B’lore via Mumbai…I had missed meeting him in B’lore since he was at his rather our hometown then…the meeting was only for half an hour but was a refreshing one…catching up with old friends is always SO good!! Even after they are gone after the meeting…you are so much occupied with the flashback…I met Prashant after almost 7 years!! He has put on weight…from lean Pintu…that’s what we used to call him…to chubby-cheeked Prashant…the transition is a pleasant one…after I met him I had gone to Andheri…after a LONG LONG time…there was a time when I used to be in Andheri every weekend…but then everything changes with passage of time…I had gone to CROSSWORDS in Fun Republic…spent some time there…while I was coming out, the gaming zone caught my attention…most of the times I used to play bowling with Mahandra and Surya…infact these people had taught me bowling…I was really bad at it…suddenly I felt like playing a game…it had been I don’t know how many months I had last played a game…!! So there I went and had a game of bowling….and I realized that I was equally bad at it…!!

On my way back I saw the Ganesh idols…n’ then another flash back!! Every year I and bhai used to decorate the whole “jhanki”….thats the word I remember…I am not remembering the English word for it…bear with my pathetic Vocabulary….and place the Ganesh idol there…from aai, baba, bhai n’ I doing Pooja….the attraction of getting prasad…the competitions held in our colony…the small gifts we received on the last day after winning those competitions…to the time I moved out to Mumbai…making a group of friends that were my family here…and celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi with them at there place…one year has passed…its’ Ganesh Chaturthi again….this time I’ll celebrate it in another new way I guess…’coz my family here has moved out…I don’t know where will I be next year…and how will I celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi then…so live the moment…enjoy to the fullest…and treasure the memories…

Ah…I guess I have remembered the correct word for “Jhanki”…its’ tableau…isn’t it!!??