Amusing Musings

"I am not gonna let that happen to me again, ever!"a woman said loud enough to get the attention of the rest of the passengers. She must be in her mid-twenties, curvy, petite, pretty, beautiful eyes and lovely long, wavy tresses. Overall a very attractive female. She snapped back to reality that she wasn't alone and was in a crowded local train. So crowded that i felt breathless; people standing all around me squeezed me to the maximum my body can contract. i had people's hair on my faces, in my eyes, mouth eeeww! and what a stink! Mumbai Summer and pollution. i held my head up and facing towards the roof of the train to catch some fresh air. We travelled in the same train some times and we got acquainted. "He never calls me", she said. I excused myself and asked if she was talking to me. "Yes. He always says he is going to call me back in a bit or in the evening, or whatever, but he never calls" “We were each other’s betterhalves. We were almost p...

I travel a distance of 80 Km home to work and back each day. The work location changes depending on the client meetings. One day, on my way back home, I took a local train from dadar to thane, the most crowded one at the peakest time. The train was holding the maximum nmber of people that can fit into the compartment while standing. i could hardly breath. i was looking at the roof to catch some fresh air and avoid suffocation. Everyone was holding onto anything that they could find so they won't fall and create a ripple effect. Just then the train came to halt at a station; some got down and some more got in. A short lady standing behind me squeezed in between five others had nothing to hold onto. i tried not to hurt anyone and was protecting myself from others as much as i could. there were people carrying books, hand bags of different shapes and sizes, plastic covers, files, newspapers, what not in their hands trying to balance their stand in the moving train. just as another sta...

Zoobi doobi zoobi doobi pampaara, zoobi doobi param paa… goes the foot tapping, delightful, hit number from 3 idiots album. My baby Bhuvi loves the song. Is it the music, lyrics, choreography (coz she continues to look at the video with volume muted) or just Aamir/ kareena? Or the charm of all the above combined, I don’t know. Bhuvi will be 6 months and 6 days old tomorrow and is beginning to crawl. It is time to strengthen my forces, get ready to face any surprises, expect the unexpected. Hehehe... This morning she was on the couch playing with her teether. We (her dad, grandfather, great grandmother and i) were all there… she was tossing around on the couch one moment and the next she was on the floor. I think that I have fast reflexes when it comes to handling Bhuvi but she just proved to be too fast for me today and is growing! Little thing, more than pain it is the shock of impact that frightened her and she burst into cries. Never seen Bhuvi cry like that before. MY heart just st...