Wandering thoughts...
Today my thoughts are wandering from one thing to another like a monkey. I start off with something and before I know, I end up in some other world. Actually I love to stop sometime and backtrack. Many a times it's quite difficult too. I wonder if Sherlock Holmes would've been able to track my thought process. I would've given him a tough time!
Thinking a lot about Aunt G. She's always been more like a sister to V, me and many of my cousins. A very hardworking lady, she's been slogging for more than twenty years now, raising the kids, managing her home well, being a nice hostess to the innumerable guests round the year...My own mother is no different but I've occasionally heard her complaining about her life. But never so with G. Her husband is a dear too but even at the age of fifty he's enthusiastic about studies, his work and he would never say no to any extra work that came his way. So I asked G once if she never complained to him that he's hardly at home. She said, "If he doesn't do his job and earn money, will a dumb fool like me able to do?" She was smiling when she said it but something saddened me then. I wonder...
Then...mother says it's rumoured that my old friend S has married Prashant, her neighbour. Their families have been quite close over the years and from what I know, he's a nice chap too. But it must've created some sensation in my little place, a Hindu marrying a Christian. Of course it would be a shock to her famous uncles and aunts if it's true. But I think she'll be happy. Imagine her wearing that white Christian bridal dress! I would've loved to see her that way, those dresses look so pretty!
God knows what Shab is up to! It's a long time since we lost touch and I often think of the times when we were roomies. Contrary to P's opinion, we did have quite a good time together. I bet she's not yet married and is enjoying life!
Before I close, I think that hell of a match between SA and AUS was idiotic! It left me feeling stupid about the game I love. I meann, what's happening to one day cricket? It's becoming really a one-sided affair - batsmen are ruling it! It is possible for one team to bowl badly and let the opposition make 400-odd runs but what do you say when it happens again? Stupid! Anyway, my sympathies are with the Aussies.
Thinking a lot about Aunt G. She's always been more like a sister to V, me and many of my cousins. A very hardworking lady, she's been slogging for more than twenty years now, raising the kids, managing her home well, being a nice hostess to the innumerable guests round the year...My own mother is no different but I've occasionally heard her complaining about her life. But never so with G. Her husband is a dear too but even at the age of fifty he's enthusiastic about studies, his work and he would never say no to any extra work that came his way. So I asked G once if she never complained to him that he's hardly at home. She said, "If he doesn't do his job and earn money, will a dumb fool like me able to do?" She was smiling when she said it but something saddened me then. I wonder...
Then...mother says it's rumoured that my old friend S has married Prashant, her neighbour. Their families have been quite close over the years and from what I know, he's a nice chap too. But it must've created some sensation in my little place, a Hindu marrying a Christian. Of course it would be a shock to her famous uncles and aunts if it's true. But I think she'll be happy. Imagine her wearing that white Christian bridal dress! I would've loved to see her that way, those dresses look so pretty!
God knows what Shab is up to! It's a long time since we lost touch and I often think of the times when we were roomies. Contrary to P's opinion, we did have quite a good time together. I bet she's not yet married and is enjoying life!
Before I close, I think that hell of a match between SA and AUS was idiotic! It left me feeling stupid about the game I love. I meann, what's happening to one day cricket? It's becoming really a one-sided affair - batsmen are ruling it! It is possible for one team to bowl badly and let the opposition make 400-odd runs but what do you say when it happens again? Stupid! Anyway, my sympathies are with the Aussies.
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