Updates!

Last few weeks have been quite eventful. Delhi trip was great, and I had an amazing time. The amazing time involved a road trip to Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab. The best part was the long drive with the family, something that we did after a long time.

Then, the wedding of the school friend was quite exciting. It was fun to see him smile for the last time. The cameraman was a pain in the patootie. At times, he used to shout as if it was his wedding and people had come to create problems. Man!! It was irritating every time he said… “Thoda Idhar”. “Thoda Udhar”. “Aap Thoda side ho jaao”. “Wait, Wait”. Finally, we were like, “BALLS!! If you can’t click pictures on time, its not our problem.” But apart from that, the ceremonies went pretty well.

After coming back, something horrible happened. A close friend lost her father. I could not understand what could be the comforting words in such situations. Suddenly, I had nothing to say to her. I was there with her all the time but could not think of a single sentence, which I could say to her to comfort her, to make her feel better. I felt helpless, watching her cry.

Last week, I was standing at a Traffic signal and I saw an old man in rags, selling ear-cleaning sticks. He was trying to convince a guy in a car to buy a packet. However, that person was least interested. Finally, the car guy took out a 20 Rupee note and gave it to the old man and asked him to keep the packets with him. But the old man, instead of taking the money and walking away, insisted that the guy take the packet. In fact, since he had given 20 bucks, he took out one more packet and tried to give it to him as each packet cost 10 bucks. He forcefully kept those 2 packets in his car and told that guy that he wont be able to eat his food if he took that money without giving him the packet. “I am not a Beggar, sir!” was all I could hear him say. I couldn’t believe what I had just witnessed. I wanted to help this guy and would have bought a few packets from him but suddenly the traffic signal turn green and I had to move since I was on a bike