Dance on the Border

So here's the deal. I am becoming obsessed with work, overworking and making sure that I have no life outside the work. Its a critical issue, and the diagnosis is not clear yet. So I needed a break, till I figured out where I can get a life. Hence, I went to Amritsar, with the esteemed members of the Hundred Winks Club, the Malik sisters (Parul and Priyanka) and Jyotika.

Breaking News. We all arrived at the station on time. The train was an hour late so that didn't matter much. We went off to the nearby cafe to celebrate Priyanka's birthday (I really wish she was my sis, she is incredibly nice,) where weird wannabe chaplin man made Binny go all flutter. Finally we boarded the train, and this time it was Jyotika's turn to reflect upon the pristine condition of the sleeper class compartment. Madame logon ko A.C. mein jaana tha! Now comes the classic Binny comment.

Binny: Aruni, do you want to upgrade? (She wanted to ask me whether I want to upgrade to A.C.)
Me : Umm What you thought I was the beta version!
Mae: Hundred Winks for that ;)

Typically, I froze to death in the train, because I had no idea it was going to be so cold. While everyone slept, I gave company to the three mice - the only non sleeping fellow passengers I had.

Throughout the trip I was enamored by the picturesque countryside. I had heard a lot about green fields and the yellow mustards, coz you see like millions of others, I have seen DDLJ. But its something one should see at least once, to know the true meaning of solace. Little gold stars over seas of green, and a blue sky. I wish I could paint, the scenery demands an impressionist canvass by Van Gogh or Cezanne. But since I can't, I shall stop the pseudo wistfulness now!

We met a jolly Santa uncle over there, who took us all over the place, including a dhaba which served the bestest chicken ever! Oh... forgot to mention, we danced on the Wagah border. All of us including Binny! She takes a million years to agree to dance usually, but she danced like a mad woman coz, she was ten meters away from the border. And to top it all, she did a brilliant impression of me in the train. I was almost flattered by the impression. Oh cmon! You have to be a superstar to have that good an imposter!

Feeling the Moment Slip Away

The last time I was in a train with the esteemed members of the Hundred Winks Club life was different and it all seems like ancient history. Its like time flies on, and you are constantly running to catch up... and you look back thinking 'once upon a time.' As I hung out of the train, the cool wind hit my face, and for some inexplicable reason the pieces of my life flashed before my eyes juxtaposed against the night sky. Faces, smiles, eyes, emotions.

They were just flashes, with no particular feeling attached to them, not even those of nostalgia। I guess the process of detachment is coming a full cycle. I am increasingly finding it hard to disconnect emotions from the numbness. I suppose the moment has slipped away and you can't feel it anymore.