The ST Break!

Life has slowed down in pace. There used to be days when targets and deadlines governed the activities of my day in office. And now, although I get a lot of free time for widening my sphere of knowledge by exploring the internet, I have no definite work set aside for me. So, I can let my hair down and spend some time on myself. Looking at the plight of some of my IMT colleagues, I consider myself lucky enough to subsist in an air-conditioned office and spend time as per my own sweet will (obviously not under any surveillence!).


These days I see different varieties of people all around me in all strange postures possible (won't like to elaborate on that...) as I travel in buses and auto rickshaws regularly. I listen to the people indulged in ultimate 'bhasad' (IMT lingo used in place of gossip..). At times these talks are interesting but mostly it is non-sensical. Sometimes I have an urge to interrupt or comment but then I won't prefer people calling me insane! I catch a glimpse of the people staring at me as if they have spotted some alien...!


During the journey, I face some ethical dilemmas too. When I see a kid or an elderly person standing in bus, I feel like showing some courtesy and want to sacrifice my comfortable position. But at the thought of me getting sandwiched amidst strangers and falling prey to their ill-intentions, I ignore my sentiments. I sit like a confused culprit, feeling guilty for not having the courage to give up something dear to me for some needy fellow human beings.


Life is never free of problems at any point in time. They can be looked at relatively only. What may seem like a problem now, seems to be nothing when a bigger one crops up.


Nowadays, I have to struggle to reserve a seat in buses and auto rickshaws. Then come the issues of 'Ladies' seats' in buses and running after the auto (as the auto wallas don't stop at the auto stand) that I encounter.


All of this has become a part of my daily routine. And one latest thought that keeps haunting me every now and then, that I missed deliberately....

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