Good Morning.... " Good Morning" bellowed the voice in the elevator early in the morning...An acknowledgement echoed. "My name is Manoj... and I am from SITER.. I am checking out and on my way to Solapur" Information volunteered and acknowledged with a smile, all in two levels of descent. Either as a caution to not engage in further discussion or as a nervous release of an impending journey to a distant land. Good byes on ground.... and an early morning date with the streets of Pune... Turn around the corner to Dhole Patil road and past Wadia College....the Ganpati pandals silent bearing stark testimony to devotion and arti of the night gone by.... The cutting chai near Ruby Hall and Jehangir Hospital.....a memory revives... Techo-rap from a non-descript pandal almost has Ganeshji in a disapproving frown...as the hustle bustle of women lining up for the Viman Nagar buses seems to grow. The pace picks up past the Courtyard Marriott... should I step in... its too early or is it too late... A smile ... its neither too early nor is it too late.. its not for me this time...its on the other side of the road... KFC and the glimpse of the Pune station over bridge remind one that one has to go back... no matter how much one would like to stay on... Pune indeed hosts a feeling of surrender.......... But surrender is not the call of the day... move on, one must....... Thanks Pune.....you were an awesome host......
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:41:40 +0000
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