Walking up the CSEZ campus road to my office, i pass a favorite walkway shadowed by comforting greens. The wind tugs at my umbrella ever so gently.. and it feels as though my wings are struggling to unfold itself and that I am about to fly. Humming the "Time in a bottle"song.. I get this funny idea that if I could just be invisible and whirl around on my feet.. it would complete that magical moment..
And it set me thinking on all those whimsical funny dreams I have nurtured over the years...
Like going to my first day of college, riding a horse boldly..., parking it proudly next to the lifeless lines of cars and scooters.. I would climb down the roof of white ambassador car parked conveniently next to my horse.. and with my head held high.. I would alight.... an instant hero :D That was me at 18.
While living in Chennai Adayar... in the Kasturibhai Nagar Road.. right opposite to the Gandhi Nagar rode where you had the Odyssey gift shop, Naidu hall, Kumarakom restaurant, Food world... Both these roads were situated on the sides of service roads parallel to the very busy main roads. We crossed the road countless times.., for an occasional dinner or lunch at the Kumarakom restaurant.., for an occasional kajal-sunscreen shopping at the Nadu Hall, or for the all-so-frequent grocery shopping.. Many a times.., when the signal for the pedestrians waiting at the zebra crossing goes green.., and a lot many impatient bright headlights on both sides of the road wait.., I have had the insane wish to royally do a dappaankoothu right there... or maybe stretch a bit, yawn and with all the airs of a queen.., luxuriously stride across the zebra crossing. That was me at 23.
Ofcourse its not all crazy whims..., there are so many things I want to do earnestly... before I die. From horse riding.. to wanting to climb a tree.. Places I want to visit.., gorgeous plans I want to live out with my family... And yet my crazy whims are also a part of it somehow... I mean.., none of it has really died down.. It lingers in my mind.. with a bit of wistfulness.
There is no way I would have rode a horse to the college campus.. or I would never muster enough insanity to fool around on a zebra crossing. But well, I am determined to do a whirl in the CSEZ campus.... maybe at 1 revolution per 3 minutes speed.... doesnt matter. The great thing is to try and have a "yippeee.. I did it" feel :D
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