the count...

i am 365 days nearer... a lot of thoughts are stacking up like rain drops in a torrential downpour... but all that for later...

Peepli Alive...

It was a humid day. You knew it from the way your glasses would fog up immediately as you stepped out of the cool conditioned environs of your car. The short walk from the car to the cold comfort of the shopping mall looked a terrible task. And then a foul stench wafted in smelling of something rotting. No wonder with so many of our people making themselves comfortable by the side of the road, you thought to yourself. But once inside the conditioned climate once again made you forget the heat and the humidity outside. Nice and comfortable... You ambled up to the small counter where a pretty face greeted you. The air in here was much better especially with the nice inviting smell of Grilled Chicken Sandwiches floating in from the adjacent shop. But there was no time right now. Paying a couple of crisp hundred rupee notes you bought a ticket to this much talked about movie... 'Peepli Live'. Grabbing a glass of Coke and a big jar of pop-corns you entered the audi just in time. The movie was good. Had a lot of humour to it and also a message. The government sure needs to do something about these farmers you thought.

Late that night as you drove back it started drizzling. You switched off the ac and rolled down the windows. It was funny...the way your vision was clouded by the raindrops and the very next moment it again cleared up as the wiper did its job. And then by the corner of your eyes you could see someone standing with one arm outstretched. A small thin boy with plastic wrapped in his head mumbling something which mixed with the sound of the rain and dissolved. You rolled up the windows. The government should do something about the beggars you thought and moved on. The radio played a nice song from the movie you just watched. The windscreen clouded up and cleared...