To all of us who live in Bombay, a trip to any part of the city away from where home is, would entail a joy ride in the signature line of Indian Railways - the local trains...and here I was back from a peaceful weekend at a resort where life had moved at a leisurely pace. Now rush hours can bogg even the hardiest down sometimes, but the litle incident I am trying to get at in this longwinded fashion took place in the bright sunny afternoon, when the population is either at work or snoozing at home/office...wherever. Anyways, as I stood in the passage near the door,a little yelp escaped the 30-something on my left...she then pointed frantically at the floor, letting out a string of exclamations which all took some deciphering. Finally on directing my gaze towards the thing she was pointing out, I spied a cocroach - having nothing short of a blast. The poor guy had probably not gotten this much attention in his life and failing to recognize the protocol, he was going around in dizzying circles...Oops I thought...thats the pits, the trains are going to the dogs, look at those poor women trying to fight for legroom while the bug zooms around their feet...and they are so oblivious to the fact{nobody had taken any notice of the yelping}...and then it struck me...I hadn't moved a muscle, not done a thing - wasn't even warning a person....suddenly I was wondering if this was crazy or just weird...I really didnt care, just standing there neither wanting nor actually doing a thing...{see that is not me really, coz if anything, I have to be apart of the action}This was either a hangover of the laziness induced at the resort or my plain antipathy...and I couldn't care less...
All I could do was be glad about the crazy bug not being a crazy lizard....now that would have elicited a response from me! Atleast thats what I think.
1 comment:
may be you didnt do a thing cause it was just a cockroach that probably had a right to his own place all be it in a local train with out being yelled at by some frantic lady. Atleast you can take some assurance in knowing that any normal person with a sense of humour would have had a laugh too.
was on bihari's blog and saw ur link on it.
KP
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