That Night

Going out on a prowl at night is something anyone would do, if they have experienced it once. Well, I am a colossal fan of it. The possibilities of getting into trouble are high. It's serenely the most adventurous thing. Exploring the city at the wee hour, finding drunk people, people running back to home after their night shifts, drivers driving the cab to office for pick up or drop, It's maddening.

Life in metros and small towns is so different yet similar that you can imagine it only if you have experienced the both at first hand.  The metro life is actually fast as you might have heard or read, you can't even imagine. I've had experienced the best of both worlds hailing from a small town. Be it either the chaiwala's at the Charbagh station  or the Bangalorean Anna selling tea at 3 AM in Powai, both of them give the same feeling at this hour. I don't remember when I became a night dweller or a night wanderer.

You don't really have too many options at night - chai, coffee, bun-makkhan, jeera, coconut biscuits, pan-cake would be all in a place like Lucknow whereas, you'd get Maggi, coffee, chai, idle-chutni, biscuits, etc in Mumbai. However, these are the most relished cuisines of the night. Starving people coming back from work can't say a no to these. Being in Mumbai, I can only perceive the smell of bun-makkhan and jeera at Charbagh only through remembrance. Yes, I miss it and I know you're missing it too.

It's really not difficult to find such places. You just have to pick up your bike, if you have one and ride or you may choose to take a stroll. The excitement picks up the pace when you don't really know whether the chaiwala or anna would be there or not. There have been times when I am really hungry and I have to retreat to home in dismay. Well, that's the adventure out of it. The poor thing, however, is that these people pay a hefty, tax-free, fee (or hafta, rather daily vasooli) to the local Thullas (cops.) The cops have a stringent policy that says - "If you don't pay me, you can't do business here since I am the law of this area." 

Only if there was a law that allows these people to carry out their businesses witha legal license, there wouldn't be so much of hassles for these poor people. Apart from that, it would make cities more secure with more people out of their houses. The cops, however, will always push to have their own share. Wish there was something we could do.

Seeketh, Thou Findeth Her

She's the music,

she is the pain.

I wanna hold her hand,

and jump in the rain.

I dream of her,

all night and day.

Her curly hair,

my heart's her prey.

She's a rhyme,

she's a song.

I'll keep her in my arms,

all night long.

They say love is a game,

and I wanna gamble.

It's in the shine of your eyes,

that I'm entangled.

Quite possibly,

a day will come.

When you'll be here,

and we'll clung.

The songs I've sung,

are meant for you.

Baby its you,

for I love you.

Her golden skin,

and innocence.

Make her seem even beautiful,

natural evanescence.

I always see her back,

but she never turns around.

In that blue raincoat,

she makes my heart sink down.

To keep looking at her,

is my only dream.

She's the only one,

she's my final dream.

Life and Inspiration

So...nothing is static, nothing is perfect, permanent or final.

As the night passes by, do we lose time? or do we gain it?

Do we even realise that in a day we come back to the same position, we started our day from. One by one, bars in life cross and make it either stiff or subtle.

The moon looks so lovely on a full moon night. Nothing incomplete is beautiful or majestic. However, everything cannot be complete. Life will become too dull if things are stark. Where will the inspiration come from?

It'll come from within.

Little changes in life can completely bring joy and make you feel exulted. The subtle changes are not hard to indicate. Life isn't tough, unless we make it. It's crazy how we abandon & ignore the most important things in life, just like a male seahorse. The female lays egg in the male's pouch, keeping trust in him. Though, he abandons the part that should be the most important in his life, his children, just as they hatch.

Life gives us unpredicted results, some in our favor and some against.

The sun doesn't rise or fall. It is stagnant. Yet, we think that it is in motion.

No matter how big the sand house is that one builds, if it isn't made away from the shore, the waves will take them along with them. If it's made away from the shore, the sun will stiffen it and muddle it down.

Life is moving, so are we. The sun is inspiring and deceiving.

You don't wake up from sleep and become rich one day. Sun changes its color but never its course. The difficulties in our life are just the different colors. If we make our mind stiff and determination strong, no matte how many different colors we see in life, we will achieve success & satiate our desires. Even a dog doesn't pee until it finds a perfect spot, let alone the life. Life will strike an opportunity at the right time, if you don't grab it, it's gone. Life rotates, completes its circle and rotates again.

Why don't we fall, when the earth is rotating? You're correct, gravity.

As the sun comes up, the sea gets hazier no matter what season it is. When life tumbles, a similar gravitational force holds us and keeps us from falling down. Our part is only to keep holding on.