THOSE FIELDS FULL OF CHARM..
WITH WINDS HOT BUT CALM..

THE JOURNEY OF TWO DAYS..
AND THE EXCITEMENT ON MY FACE...

BEING SLEEPLESS OF SOME SORT ,
COUNTING TRAIN'S EVERY STOP.

THOSE YAWNINGS AND FUSS..
LEAVING SEATS, COUNTING BAGS AND PLACING THEM BESIDE THE DOOR AT HATHRAS!

FIRST LOOK OF THE BRIDGE.. MUMMY'S HANDS ON MY EYES.. WHEN THE VENDOR CAME CRYING ...FISH... FISH....

THOSE KACHCHA PAKKA ROADS WHILE HAVING LENGTHY AUTO RIDES...
CONJUSTED SUITCASES WITH
"THE WINDOW SEAT" FIGHTS..

THOSE KURTA-TURBANED MEN DURING HOURS IN STATE BANK..
AND THOSE TREATS I GOT .... RABDI ... TIKKIS OF ALL SORT.

WALKING ON THE MEADOWS.. THOSE HEALTHY MANGO TREES..
SWEET SMELL IN AIR WITH "LOOKING FOR WATER" EYES IN LURKING BREEZE ...

THOSE SMELLY CATTLE SHEDS
AND THE CALF I FED...

LOOKED THROUGH GLASS ...
THE COMING OF THE STATION...
GIANT PILLARS PASSED DECLARING A HOMELY DECLARATION....

THE JINGLE OF BELLS WITH THE NAMAAZ OVERHEAD,
THOSE SHRINKING DUSTY PATHS ,
THE HORSES BESIDE BULLOCK -CARTS...

THE STUFF WENT FOR LONG ...
SO... IS TOO SHORT FOR ME I SHARED....
I COULD'N UNDERSTAND EVEN A WORD.. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS
DARED!

THOSE WOMEN IN VEILS ,
I FEEL THEY DON'T BEAR TO BE INFERIOR...
THOSE HANDS THAT WORK IN FIELDS FOR HOURS DON'T LET THEIR VEILS TO WIN,
THEIR SELF -ESTEEM TO SHEAR!

CONJUSTED WITH PEOPLE ...CONJUSTED OUR BAGS ...
IN A SMALL 3-WHEELER.. ONE OF THEM WOULD COME WITH A VEGETABLE SACK...

SKINNY .. SHINY FACE...
I THINK SHE WOULD RARELY HESITATE ...
FOR ASKING US FROM WHERE WE BELONG ..
A MIXTURE OF HER LANGUAGE WITH A GRIP OF SOME FOREIN WORDS
FROM FIVE STRANGE MOUTHS ..
TALKING OR CAN BE SAID LISTENING TO THE CHATTER OF A HOMELY LANGUAGE ... A LONG PATH WOULDN'T TAKE TOO LONG...

LEAVING THOSE STRANGE PEOPLE .. COMING BACK WITH MORE WORDS IN OUR DICTIONARIES ..
ASKING MUMMY PAPA FOR THE MEANING OF THOSE WORDS...
WE WOULD BE MOVING BUT OUR HEART STATIONARY...

AND ONCE AGAIN A FRIENDLY KURTA -TURBANED MAN WOULD ARRIVE AT THE STATION ...AND AGAIN WE WOULD ANSWER THE NOT SO UNIQUE QUESTION...

" TUM KAHAN TE AAYE RAYE AU.. KITKU JAUGE? IT KE TAU NAYE LAGE RAYE ?BOLI TO WHANI KI LAGI RAYI AE... KA KEMEN .. BIHAR KI?"

WE WOULD SAY IN A SAME WAY.. " WE ARE FROM SOME WHERE IN BETWEEN"..
AND AFTER LISTENING THIS.. THE TURBANED MAN'S FACE IS SOMETHING TO BE SEEN...

IT WAS ALL ABOUT TO SHARE..
            THEN...
I LEFT MY BELOVED PLACE
WITH A SMILING DESPAIR !

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