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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" />
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
Current Mood: Happy
Current Music: tu hi meri shab hai
18 May 2006, 12:38pm
Hi raghu, nice post:-)
18 May 2006, 2:22pm
this one reminded me of Jhumpa Lahiri's!!!!!!!!!!!But somehow i felt u have cut the burgeoning melancholy somewhere in the end. I feel this one should have ended after "I saw my cellphone on the top and a
card beneath it". Good one anyway......
18 May 2006, 3:25pm
@vani: Hey!! welcome back.Where were you?
@sesha: Hmm..nice suggestion. I will incorporate it if i edit my post anytime in the future. Thanx buddy.
19 May 2006, 9:24am
Hey, i keep reading ur posts...or else i would miss ur modm's
21 May 2006, 3:09pm
Looky here, buddies, we'll pride ourselves one day for having been the first to read this fellow's writings! :o)
21 May 2006, 10:15pm
a story well told...
:)
24 May 2006, 11:54pm
@me:me,me felt good after reading your comment.touchwood.:-)
@drp:Payne! felt nice coming from you. Where were you? Hope ITC rocked.:-
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7 Jun 2006, 12:06pm
I guess i have come here a bit too late...but that was how long it took me to read this post :D
Nice one, except for the slight melancholy that crept into your prose, written in "typical museman" istyle...
Enjoyed reading it, as i do all ur posts...:-)