Delhi to Guwahati... A journey

Fifteen Minutes

2010-06-25T06:05:00.000-07:00

Those were the longest fifteen minutes of her life.
Needles of shame and humiliation pierced through her, threatening to wreck her dam of self control. As she sat motionless, her spirit bruised and beaten, he threw a bundle of bills at her and walked out of the brothel.
Her body had become price tagged.

It's almost been two months

2010-05-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

A lot has happened in the two months that we've been here. So much so that I feel I have been in the Capital for a long long time. It's not that I have got used to the place. I still fumble around to find my way, and am still to make peace with the unscrupulous autowallas.

I love the well managed roads though, and the planned flyovers that makes this sprawling city navigable.

Found myself a job. Am happy.

Life in the Capital is finally taking shape.

Day Three

2010-03-21T03:05:00.003-07:00

Time flew since we reached here. They say the friends you make in your childhood are the truest and the simplest of friends. I believed in to some extent. But now I am a walking example of that saying. The girl I first met on my school bus, and HATED, became my best friend. And though distance separated us, we kept in touch; sometimes knowing very little o each other's life, but never losing the love for each other.

And now that I am in Delhi, I have been staying with her for three days. She is happily married now, and I am staying with her in-laws, who have also accepted me and my fiance into their lives, like we have known each other all our lives.

I leave this afternoon, as my house hunting has come to an end and I have found a roof for ourselves in the vast Capital of India. We are moving out of my friend's house today, and it is not without a heavy heart.

for the last three days, I have had a ball; from chatting, to watching TV with the family and drinking, to pulling each other's legs... it's been a family time. Today I am leaving and it is not without a heavy heart that I say goodbye to my friend and my extended family.

I wont say Thank You to her, coz then I would be insulting my childhood, the memories and last but not the least, our friendship.

These three initial days in the Capital wouldn't have been so happening, had I not stayed with her.

Today I move towards a new life and a new home, but this is always remain one of my favorite memories.