- Saw an old man buy a wooden walking stick... the money that he counted out was in ten's, and seemed like they had been saved for this purpose specifically. He kept looking at the stick as if deciding if it was the right one. Confirmed again from the shopkeeper about the wood type... His eyes had a forlorn expression, the way he looked at the stick, it touched me, he seemed sad... Finally he put the stick down, shifted his frail body's weight on it and walked on. The new phase in his life began right there. He bought himself a new companion which from then on will accompany him forever.
- Went to Rahat bakery twice over the weekend and saw toddlers driving their parents CRAZY... mostly fathers, who appeared to be unusually calm about it all... Felt like shaking a few and get some sense into them.
- Across the road a pehlwaan (wearing dhotti and kurta with long mustaches)was pulling the rope at the end of which was big fat sheep who refused to budge... the tug a war was hella funny...
- A motorcyclist slowed down to hold the hand of a cyclist and then drag him along, saving the cyclist from paddling for a few minutes... there are still some considerate people left in this world :)
--- the little things that make you smile :)
4 comments:
yaara i loved this post... esp the one abt the old man =( ... my heart was also touched and kind of ached... i wonder what was going thru his mind....
the motorcyclist was awesome! loved that you ended your post on a positive note... made me smile =)
:)... thank you hun... i enjoyed all the scenarios... u would have loved the pehlwaan and the sheep too .. :)
Quite Interesting ...
The way of expression and anthology resembles to an extent and reminds you of Hakayat-e-Saadi as it comes from an everyday observation though the essence part is left to the reader's own estimation. I am sure the writer has definately pick up her own quintessence out of it all; a portion worth some Extol.
A reading that was all together enjoyable and well thought provoking! Bless you Writer!
wohoa.. comparing even remotely to such a re known writer is an honor..thank you
bless you too dear reader :)
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