I usually don't talk straight of what I feel, what I think. I hide behind the characters of my stories and poems, and pour out my emotions as words pour out of their mouth. But today is different. I feel elated... I feel happy... on top of the world. I got an appreciation from a client, work seems to be going good... I am traveling to Delhi tomorrow for a week. Visiting the capital city after 10 years... I have been visiting Mumbai and Chennai on and off on client events... but somehow none of the client work took me to Delhi... strange it is...
I may visit my childhood friends there who are lost in the corporate world like me. Probably we will share some moments of fun... think about those days when we used hop around the class, in school canteens, on trips... talk about those grades... "mere itne marks hain aur tere?" kind of conversations... teacher's cane strokes, one on each handlike prasad of some goddess... everything...
They would have changed in all these years... and I am changed too... I don't know how we would react to each other... will we even recognize each other? Its been 10 yrs... 10 long years. I am excited... Will tell you all about my trip after I come back... it might take a week or 10 days. Till then be well and have fun. :-)
Cheers!
Meenakshi
30 comments:
No wonder it rained in Bangalore today. The city was so happy to get rid of you, for a week at least.
Anyways have fun in Delhi and have a great trip :)
yeah yeah... but not before drenching me thoroughly... water seeping from my skin to the very bones... chilling cold...
what a bike ride I had from Infantry Road to Whitefield in the heavy downpour without even a flimsy windsheater. good fun... :-)
Thanks... I am sure I will have fun in Delhi too. :-)
Great news !!!
But am just warning you against d crowd in del..its sucks esp d bhaiya kinda people...apart from dat saadi dilli sure promises a whole lot of enjoyable experiences.
Your poetry is awesome..just went through 'Creating Nirjhira part 1':)
Wow...I cant Imagine how happy u must be..
I get so damn happy meetin ma frienda after 10 weeks,,,or less man.
10 years..is one helluva Looong time..
All the best and hope you ganna have a blast!
Give me a call!!!
@lavender: Warning taken! :-)
and thanks buddy for Nirjhira.
@standbymind: you bet. I am really excited... already here. :-)
@aakash: I dont have your number. I have your Goa number. Woh toh change ho gaya hai naa?
YAY for awesome childhood trip!!
I suppose I'll feel the same around 15 years from now?
m waiting for u dear..to see u after such a long time..sai duniya mein shor macha diya hai ..that u r coming..really my eyes are starving for you...jaldi aa yaar
Minakshi,
You write well... some of the poems are good ones... time and again you mention a disclaimer to the effect that so-and-so post is unstructured coz it has been written as the words were forming... i have always believed that only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason ;)
Just a suggestion... why dont you start blogging in Hindi... Blogger has incorporated a feature called "Transliteration" which is real fun to use. Let me know if you need some help with that.
Keep writing
-Ashutosh
1. delhi is too damn hot, bang i guess would be really cool
2. have fun, ride the metro too
Good talking to you! You sound like i thought you will. =)
hi dear, just someone refer me ur blog to see, so im here..and nice to hear that you are going to meet some of ur frens...take care and do enjoy a lot..
Meeting friends might turn out to be more than just reminisces about the 'good old times'. I find it to be a rather revelating experience: I see the bits of myself I'd almost forgotten, and suddenly the insignificant things that old friends talk about seem more important than the world.
I'm sure you'll have a good time. Here's to a happy stroll down memory lane for you, Minakshi.
Au revoir...
oh man i never knew u have been doing so many htings off late...well baby..come back home..im surely waiting for u with cane in my hand..just to help u not miss the old days....heheh..miss u behena...
@kazarelth: :-) thanks. and I bet you will feel the same. :-)
@pinki: yaara itna bhaav mat de.
;-)
@Ashutosh: Thanks for visiting. yes a disclaimer I use when I am uncertain about my thoughts, feelings and words. I crave for people to agree with me. It makes me sad when people differ, though I do understand that everyone has his/her opinion and that may not always match with yours. I have been working on it and have got a little better. :-)
Sure... I will try the hindi blogger, sounds fun. :-)
@Ajit:
1. Delhi was damn hot no doubt. and Bangalore is really cool undoubtedly again.
2. Had great fun, but didnt ride the metro... perhaps next time. :-)
@aakash!!!: The pleasure was mine sir. I feel glad when things turn out to be what you think they would... surprises even when pleasant, do hold an element of shock. :-)
@Shruti: Hi Shruti. Thanks for visiting and thanks to whoever refered you to my blog. Yes I met old and new friends and had loads of fun. Thanks and Cheers!
btw: are you the same Shruti who commented on my story "Cardamom of love"?
@aruni: Hey Aruni... you are right. I met that Meenakshi who used to be a complete brat... fighting with guys (always guys, I never fought with girls for no reason), challenging them and being something like a dada... and then the Meenakshi who used to be teacher's pet and I heards all those stories about how this teacher or that had excused the class because I had forgotten the book too and those dances and dramas... had a lovely time. :-)
@rangoli: hehehehe... not as many things as are going in ur head right now... ;-)
Now I was having second thoughts of coming back home, but you know the brave girl that I am, I am finally back and yeah... "home sweet home" Did I say it this time after entering the beloved door?
;-)
Gosh !!
We missed it again by a close margin... not that I am your school frn or so but even I keft for Delhi precisely on 13 th April and have been outta this world of blogs since then...
so now its the turn to pour out the experiences..Looking forward to some more reading here :)
Hey Aks...
Whaere have been all this while... hmmmm missed you. Should have known...
Chalo never mind... some other time.
Cheers!
Are you a seer? Or, at least, something closer to power than most of other mortals?
Have you ever felt them encroaching on you?
That is how I felt.
You have interpreted it so well...
So well.
I hate most people interpreting my work.
Mostly because they interpret it wrongly.
But you... put it perfectly.
Just as I thought it up. Almost as if you were there...
Wow. I am amazed.
Ye. I am glad someone saw it through my eyes.
Very few people can...
Thank you..
@kazarelth: :-)
hey Minakshi
ya back...
Welcome..
how was it?
hey Minakshi
ya back...
Welcome..
how was it?
@standbymind: the trip was good. The work went well. Met lots of old friends and missed some others. Met a few new friends too. Overall... a very refreshing trip. :-)
Oh, well. I realised (!) that you are back. How was the trip down the memory lane. {Yes, I am pointedly ignoring your last comment. Hmph! :D}
***
Oh yes. I want healing. But not at the cost of me getting better; struggling yet again, and getting hurt more.
Yes. You are right, as always.
I bite my tongue before I walk into a conflict, but it does not help.
If you interpreted it as poetry, then yes, it was inaction. Not the inaction as you say. I can't control my emotion. Maybe it's too much of emotion that is causing it.
I am angry, and depressed.
And I hope like hell that it's a passing phase.
tarasti nigaho se unka intezaar hi karte reh gaye...bewafa sanam..hume umeed ka laddu hi dikha kar cale gaye!!!! :(
Hey Nice blog.
Loved the template color :)
have fun wid ur old frenz :D
Im sure they'll remember u, ie if u were a good fren. hehehe!
Peace & Love
JeeVY
life update plz...
@Kazarelth: Oh the trip was good. I shall narrate the details sometime soon. :-)
@Pinki: arre yaara tu mujhe guilty naa feel kara. Sorry buddy couldn't make it this time. But next time pakka. I promise. :-)
@rajeev: Thanks rajeev for the template and thanks for visiting. yeah I had a fantastic trip... met many of my old friends and surprisingly they remembered me. ;-) Now does that mean I was a good friend... well well... ab main khud kya kahoon. ;-)
@Vibhanshu: Yes Boss! soon. ;-)
Yaar aajkal ek line bhi likhne ka mann nahi karta... I am getting lazy :-)
Cheers!
Meenakshi
Um. You can say so.
It's just that I was being hopelessly negative.
Did you know that there is a quote:
Woh khushi hai kya, jo rula na de,
Woh gam hai kya, ho hansa na de...
Am I rambling, or am I too young to feel this, or am I weird?
Kazarelth: You might be rambling, but your rambling makes sense. You are young, but not that young to not feel this. And well weird everyone is these days... so much so that normality is defined by its degree of deviation from weirdness. :-)
The quote I didnt know about, but it is beautiful and true. :-)
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