‘ Sir, wake up, it’s Victoria ’ some sort of voice-management, of course with due courtesy, and it banged on my ears again ‘ Sir? It’s Victoria, didn’t you want to get down here… ’ Fighting the universal conspiracy, I tried opening my eyes and listening to the conductor simultaneously, yeaah multi-tasking ! ‘ Oh, yeah, thank you! Thanks !’ a formal smile, rubbed shoulders (it wasn’t crowded, I was yet sleepy) rubbing my eyes I stepped down of the tram. “ Wooo….Man! Where I am? This is not Kolakata, forget it, this is not even India !” I stepped down apparently from Kolkata Tramway at Maidan near Victoria Memorial, but it wasn’t the same. There was no maidan , no typical Kolkata traffic, no Victoria Memorial and it was something else. Fishy! No it wasn’t fishy. I looked back at Tram, it wasn’t like Tram either. Highway 31 Bikers' Restaurant ‘ Have I had grass? No, neva! So, how did I disembark a metro when I picked up a tram an hour ago? ’ I
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Simple and Superb..
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subtle and simple
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Short but beautiful ! :) Your little words spoke in volumes :)
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Hey guys! Thanks for visiting my page and sharing your valuable comments :)
ReplyDeleteToo short for a blog post i guess. It's not even 140 (a tweet) :-(
ReplyDeleteThe idea was nice you could've built up on it.
Profound- the depth is comparable to a Zen poem, you've said so much in just 4 lines...any comment or interpretation I write will still be bigger!
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Great job :)
@vEnKy Hey! Thanks for your very constructive comment...I too thought once to continue the thoughts further, but something started overpowering me, and I felt it's better to publish this post with the very initial spontaneous thoughts only! :)
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ReplyDeleteAnd yet so powerful!
@Tuppence Thank you! :)
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