Wrong side 

     .............. the right side ?

 

Woke up early,and was about to  brush my teeth. Found the tooth paste tube was completely flattened out .

 Could  be because I got up from the wrong side of bed

 

Placed  the vessel  on the Stove to boil milk. Found the Burner was clogged.  Must be because  I got up from the wrong side of bed !

 

Opened the tap to draw water for bath. Found the Hot water Geyser had packed up.

Surely  because I got up from the wrong side of bed.

 

Cooked Vermicilli for breakfast. It turned out clammy & lumped.

 Definitely because I got up from the wrong side of bed

 

Opened the PC to send out  mails. Internet was down.

Undeniably because I got up from the wrong side of bed

 

 Exasperated, I slumped  into   a chair in the verandah…… And then I saw them . Twittering & hopping around the garden in gay abandon . They  looked gorgeous.                It was magical and  I felt like I belonged there. It was as if some   divine power  conjured  up  this cheerful act .

 

I sat there savouring the scene. Instinctively I managed to smile.This was  something unique, and yet  so familiar;  radiant  and delightful  !  

 

And Yes ! Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. and I’m glad  I did.

ALL is not lost.... but where’s it ?

 

 ALL is not lost

        …………. but where’s it ?

 Attended a Religious Ritual-Reception-Lunch celebration at a wedding hall situated inside  a temple complex where Guests need  to remove  their footwear before  entering.  Carefully tucking sneaky & Reeky  tightly upto  the toe end of  the shoes , parked my  Green Fabric topped “Paragon” sneakers next a pair of Flashy Addidas Duramo & wildcraft Vesta  resting imperiously amidst a heap of shoes  floaters & chappals .

 

Coming out of the Hall after lunch, found “Paragon” still sitting proudly alongside Addidas , Wildcraft  with  a few other  reputed brands.

 My hands reached into  Paro L & Paro R  to extract sneaky & reeky.

They had vanished ! I was distraught and searched everywhere but without  luck. Did some sadist or mentally ill person run away with them because dear Sneaky & reeky  were in the company of  shoes that were superior & basked in spotlight ?. I imagined a long list of suspects: Was it the one from the catering staff, the one who closely resembled Mr. Bean .Could it be the security Guard who  had been casting an evil eye on the Paro s ? or the seemingly disgruntled looking assistant Priest …..  or …  ….or……

Shocked  by the the sudden disappearance  of both of them  I had the mortifying experience of having to wear  shoes on bare feet over formal/party  trousers .

I’m anxious  to  get any information on the whereabouts of sneaky & Reeky   who have trudged faithfully along with me for the last one and  half years.

 While driving back home, some sanity seemed to return

. Realized that my emotional and physical response to the significant loss  may have been irrational & inappropriate. Instantaneous anthropomorphism can adversely  affect  our cognitive process. So my incoherent ramblings may be ignored.

Signing off with the sublime thought  " whatever happens, happens for good" ….  (hopefully ? ) 

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On second thoughts I have just decided to file a FIR at the jurisdictional  Police station 

P:S : Important Info:

Sneaky & Reeky are my favourite “ Rupa ”  brand smoke grey Socks (Doesn’t matter one is shorter than the other)

Paro R & Paro L , my  “Paragon” Sneakers , so named & marked because of their Unique construction.  Even the sharpest eyes cannot distinguish the Right one from the Left !  My  feet, which  have  launched full-scale rebellion  on several  occasions against this incongruity ,will stand testimony.

 

Anyone ever lost something super fave  like that ? Would love to hear.

 

 

The Golden hours

 

The Golden hours

The jungle was just  awesome , the late afternoon breeze  still crisp with the gradually fading  light. 

Humbled by the presence of such  magnificent creatures .

Tells a poignant story of constant negotiation for space ,challenges like severe habitat loss, depredation  and conflict with humans as they navigate the edge of a local village's encroached farmlands in their  quest for survival , 

Yet another  episode of a stirring memory close to my heart that will stay with me forever.