museman

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I like familiarity. Probably that explains why my Hair stylist, alright...barber, hasn't changed for the last 10 years. Probably that also explains why I used to go all the way to the rest house to give my laundry long after I had left the Guest house.

I guess I will have to tell you everything from the beginning. My first job brought me to this < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />new city. The charms of a guest house always fascinated me. Maybe it had to do with all the literature that I have read. Of living in a house and not in a home. Of relationships and meetings with interesting characters in rest houses.

The days were routine and same. I used to get up at 6 am. Thanks to the sweeper boy. He was quite unapologetic of the intrusion. Used to bang the door until I opened it. The moment I opened it, he would completely ignore me and go about his work. I would get back to sleep after opening the door to be woken up again at 6:20. Again by the sweeper boy.

Saab, mein jaa raha hun. Darwaaza band kar lena.

Teek hai. Par yaar, tum aise roj roj mujhe jagao mat. Jab jaana hai to chale jao. Muje phir se uthane kii zaroorat nahi hai.

Kya baat karte hai saab. Haalat teek nahi hai. Agar kuch chori ho gaya tho iljaam tho mujhpe aayegaa naa.

He had a point there. I gave up. He wouldn

Museman has suprisingly been busy for the last ten days or so.:-( .I just wanted  to post the opening paragraph of a fiction piece that i have been itching to pen. Should come out in a weeks time or so.

What kind of a guy was I? Hmm...I am the kind of a guy who would go unnoticed in a crowd of two. And what kind of a girl was she? Well....if she was in  a crowd of thousand, the crowd would go unnoticed. And i am not exagerrating. You will concur if you see her. Did I stand a chance? The odds are against me I will have to admit...

Tailpiece: If you are calorie conscious, don't even step foot in Chennai. Its a south indian foodies paradise. God bless Saravana Bhavan. Amen.And yes, museman is currently in chennai. :-)