Romantic Gems

There are some sporadic incidents which wake me,shake me off my otherwise beautiful blissful monotonous life and make me ponder for a moment.
This fleeting moment effectively lasts for almost a second before fading away.
Only at this time it extended a bit beyond.

Now believe me its not the dust accumulated on my laptop screen or another couple of shirt missing or my wallet/keys missing.
Its something more profound,more moving and spiritual
ever since my dream about Himesh taking up Veena and chanting shlokas.

My flat-mate,God bless Him,left a whole pack of Cadbury's
Gems untouched,unopened.

Now I dont know how much significance Cadbury's Gems
holds in your life,
But as a child I had vowed by keeping my hand on candle (ofcourse the candle wasnt burning,Yeah Yeah as a Kid I used to be smart) than when
I will start earning I will buy a huge Box of Cadbury Gems.

Infact I did fulfil my ambition when I first started earning.
I remember stepping in that General Store(I dont know why they call it a general store,
I specifically wanted Cadbury's Gems and I had strong suspicion they even specifically had it)
Anyway, So here I am in this GENERAL store, slamming
my hand over the counter to grab attention of this
bumbling shop-keeper."Haan Sir,Kya chahiye"(Yes Sir what do You want ?)
For an instant I contemplated the thought of asking something masculine like "Gillete shaving Cream"
or almost every bachelor's staple Diet "Maggi" .
I mean whole Box of Cadbury's Gems,
this guy might think I am a child molester or something on verge of mass rampage.
But This was the moment,the climax of my dream,

So I did what any confident ambitious-man-achieving-his-dream would Do .
I meekly said ,"Bhaiya,CADBURY'S GEMS ka ek packet Hai Kya?"
(Do u have one packet Cadbury's Gems)
The look on his face was as if he had just heard Rabri Devi had beaten Michael Schumacher in Italian Grand Prix.
Anyway,he fetched me a packet.I scuttled out like Britney spears would have, out of
Viveknagar police station avoiding paparazzi without being spotted.
And in the comfortable privacy of my room,I devoured those coloured Gems.
*Chomp*Chomp*
Ofcourse Later I could have bought more.
But somehow I didnt.
A very cliched movie-dialogue is shouting in my head,
almost punching me from inside..
"Some relations are to be left stranded with a beautiful climax."
Thus ended my passionate love-affair with CADBURY'S GEMS.
My childhood sweet-heart. :)

Knights of 21st Sanctuary

Every "extended" morning as I rush to office my fellow
traffic warriors are doing the same.
What this ensues is definite turf-war.
The daily war for that one inch,okay agreed I am again being dramatic here,but I am reminded of what Al Pacino said in "Any Given Sunday"

"one half step too late or to early
you don’t quite make it.
One half second too slow or too fast
and you don’t quite catch it.
The inches we need are everywhere around us"

except that he said it for football and I reiterate the same for traffic.

I have a coined a fancy term
"Knights of 21st Sanctuary" and after continual exposure
and dissection,I have been able to categorize.
These Knights,based on their charateristics:

1)Gallant Knights:These are rare.They will give you way to pass by.Wait patiently at red-lights.Wouldnt honk,adhere to traffic norms etc etc

2)Mullish Knights:Honk at them,Stare at them,They wont Budge.They are sent on earth with mission to slow down the universe.
They are the most resilient compitetors in turf-wars.They will fight till the last breath.

3)Vacillating Knights:This is one of the camouflaged Dangerous kinds.Pray to God you dont bump into them,because even God doesnt know when,where they wanna take a turn.
They may seem all happily heading right but all of a sudden have change of heart and veer to left or worse a U-turn.

4)Fast n Furious Knights:Finally the Dare-Devils,
Trained by Vin Diesel,they have achieved perfection
on F 1 circuits,except they suffered from cerebral amnesia about F 1 circuit part.
They have the licence to Kill,almost.They are out there.
And If its not your lucky day,you might just meet them.

There is another species found on roads called AUTO-RIC
(yeah,I know some of you might be having goosebumps at mention of this words).But its a significant species
we will delve into details..later.. :)

Lonely at the Top..lol

I once heard "Its lonely at the top"
I guess that guy never went to a popular Indian hill station in peak season.
It can cure you ,If you suffer from excessive jingoism of
philanthropy,
I would recommend a trip to a popular Hill-station in peak season.
Trust me it will make you hate humanity.

The horde of human-race,with innocent purpose of embracing the nature in its pristine glory actually end up butchering the whole milieu by jostling for their space
and figuratively and literally,there is hardly space left for anyone.
And to glorify the whole situation,we have hawkers.
While one part of me appreciated their Business acumen,
The other irritated me cusses as their presence.

Ironically,while you might be cursing others for being there,they might be doing the same.