I am sitting here at this night fall, and looking at last
nine years.
whats app made its sound and someone unknown pinged me ‘Sir
g, will call you at 10am tomorrow morning’. Got a lead from packers and movers.
Nine years – I have no clue how did it pass. This warm abode
has seen me grow, has given me company in every ups and downs of life. It has
seen my happiness, glee and merriment.
It has seen me being forlorn, dejected and doomed. It has
seen me laughing over floor to lonely tears rolling down.
It has sheltered me from all odds, given me that solitary
confidence to have shielded from world insulating me to comfort.
I wish it had a life, as it has given me its company
unconditionally…. all alive and incarnate. How I wish, it can come alive.
‘Prakruthi’ … that’s what I called it when I entered in. I
fell in love with it the very first time when I came here and decided to be
here. After that was a life changing experience. Life changed in every angle.
Pure sunlight enters in at dawn, be it in my living
room or at kitchen – Sun rays peeps in and gives me that extra energy every
morning and when I look at those rays coming in and touching my feet to face,
as I open my door and windows… I wish ‘Good morning Rashmi’. (Rashmi –
Sunrays).
Every evening – especially as we move close to full moon,
it’s a bliss to sit back at kitchen … enjoying the cool breeze and see a full
moon glow.
Rains are little messy, when its heavy, else sipping a cup
of tea and watching rain is an experience with difference. My joy knows no
bounds for few minutes while a soft music does its playing
Winter is super chill and when wind blows – I have couched
inside my blanket with full sweater and socks until my knees.
There are umpteen number of days where I have fallen asleep
after a tiring day back here at the same sofa and woke up for a cockcrow sounds
and pigeons gutr-gutr sound at my windows which is so unlikely in a city like
Bangalore. I still hear chirping sounds of birds every dawn and dusk at this
place. I see eagles sitting on high buildings and on the top of the tree and
have contemplated why? I have witnessed
some rare species of birds.
I see a complete concrete world growing from my kitchen and
try counting number of water tanks, when I feel bored. I have got irritated for
large crowd gathering and ear blasting music from temples all around my place
on festive days and their anniversaries.
As night falls, everything falls so silent all of a sudden,
that it makes me wonder is it the same bustling street that I see every morning.
I hear honks and people speaking late night as they walk by and I am still
working even if my clock ticks 2…3… and sometimes 4.
Rarely I light candles around Buddha kept at an elevation
and put off all lights to watch him glow in my living room. And I ask… how can
I get enlightened like you? Those silent moments absorb me to solitude.
My birthdays have been super special all these nine years. I
don’t think I can ever thank and give back even a morsel of that happiness my
near and dear ones have bought to me. Starting from friends, colleagues, and
now my students….they have made it special on those days being here and this
abode has given them a place, made them feel comfortable and as they leave…
they always make it a point to say… it feels so positive here.
Coincidentally I changed my laptop’s wall paper two days
ago. It says ‘This too, shall pass”. As
I saw the following whatsapp message, ‘when
do you plan to move’…. An emotional feeling welled up.
I was just thinking, how I wish I can also answer that
question philosophically.
This is the place where I have disconnected to connect.
This is the place I look shabby and enjoy it.
This is the place I have grown up to live
This is the place to have witnessed beginnings and endings.
Life moves on, and this place will witness more learning
from now on, enhance people’s skills, absorb more aptitude and would shelter to
give jobs to many. Discover flavours of psychology and more diversified
personalities giving them life skills. It would explore and certify people to
be much more enriched with management lessons making them thorough professionals.
With all that, it would make my dream come true, and nurture
my nascent kingdom giving me wings to fly.
One day, Fly from abode….to heaven.
