Tiny raindrops kissed my face and a cold breeze caressed my face as I rolled down the window of my cab.
I was on my way to the Mumbai airport. My flight was at 0620 hours to Jorhat(Assam).
1320 hours I land at Jorhat(Assam).
A scorching heat welcomes me.My first thought : wrong time to come home.
I felt like packing my bags and going back. After Pune's cool and soothing weather, the heat seemed unbearable.
But it took me couple of hours to settle down, after all ghar toh ghar hota hai....
Anyways it felt good to be back. Everything was same as I had left 8 months ago,
the only change being Jorhat seemed more greener, in terms of the growth of grass.At one point i felt like taking up the responsibility of cutting grass as I had no better option (don't take me seriously). It felt awesome to finally have ghar-ka-khana, the delicacies of Assam : dhekia, maas tenga and khorisa.
And after a lot of pooja-paath, varun devta said taathastu and it RAINED. finally the scorching temperature came down.
I sat on the veranda with a hot steaming cup of Assam tea. "I will always be right there for you" was playing in the background. The weather was just beautiful. I felt nostalgic. I let my thoughts wander.........
Two years away from home has brought a lot of changes. When I look back I don't see the girl I was. A lot has changed but the place I was from, Assam, is still the same, the people here are still the way they were two years back.
Simplicity and hospitality plays an important role here. Principles, values and ethics are of utmost importance.
A sense of mixed emotions engulfed me. I felt out of place in my own hometown for my values and principles had changed.
I was a stranger among my own people. I felt I no longer belonged here. Either my folks were behind time or I was moving too ahead.
I think the latter is more right.
Nothing but change is constant. Change should always be welcomed only if it's positive.
I don't know whether I have changed for good or bad but yes I do have changed a lot!!! One thing I realised this summer, I am definately not who I was two years back.
They say people change.
Yes people do change.
For good or bad only time can say..........
well you say that " Change should always be welcomed only if it's positive." but you never know if the change is good or bad... so should u change? so i'd just put, keep a clear conscience and whatever you change into, it'd be a good one.
ReplyDeleteyes i agree with you sis tat "change happens for good or bad" and it is also true tat if you are clear with your priorities and if u know what u want to achieve in your life change is always for gud. and one more thing i want to add is tat it doesnt mean tat if u change, u dont belong to a place where everyone is so different.it is an essence that u understand their feelings,may be different from you,but equally important as yours.
ReplyDeletebut i liked the way u put up the article,its an excellent one,really.
hoping to read some more like thisin the near future.
i know u will rock us with your articles very soon.
good luck.....
see change is inevitable...we can accept it or crib abt it. everytym u luk back u will see change and that is the only power we have..to look back and recognize change. we cant even categorize it as good or bad cause change is change how it effects everyone is different because the world and the society we live in is not uniform...just lyk change. change is inevitable its the true driving force of eveolution discovery...to me its the true faith!
ReplyDeleteYou write really well... loved the 3 articles :)
ReplyDeleteyou know what, i think all of us have felt this way at some point or the other....since coming away from our respective natine places. its not wrong to change, and i know exactly what u were going through when u were jotting this down. will tell you more over the chat ok. :)
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