india, i miss you..

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indeed india, i miss you.

well, to start with, i miss your typically morning noises..
the bustle of households, the chatter of housewives, the business of house maids,
'back-up' music of neighbourhood cars, pitched calls of street hawkers, kick starts of 2-wheelers, school buses making their way through.. and repititively, the melody of MS's suprabhatam.

i miss a day's omnipresent-naturally occuring blunders..
the overflow of garbage bins, tar roads punctuated by lawful dig ups, traffic junks, hunk-honks of auto rajas, fights for vacancies at bus foot boards, warning less electricity breaks, saying no to beggars, a single rain's flood warning .. and all the associated uncertainties..

i miss the stimuli to my senses...
the vividity of feminine drapery .. colorfully spun sarees and flirtily favorable dupattas, aromas of samosa and chai, nostalgia of ameen sayani on AIR FM RAINBOW, taste
of the temple's sacred water, sourness of roadside pani puri, freshness of 'Aap ki pharmayish', vibrance of eid and holi..

i miss the familiarity of things..
the resounding voice of Amitabh in every second advertisment/interview/tv show/news, bollywood music never failing to entertain the radio waves, starry tantrums of our favorite netas, tv soaps inventing new modes of rebirth and age control, page 3,pavement bazaars, blaring bill boards , cricketing histories, dd national..

and letting life revolve around these seemingly trivial things..
but realizing you miss them only when you really miss them.
when you aren't in india anymore. when you are really far away.

miss u india, happy independence day to u!!

P.S: 1) there is so much more one can miss about india.. apart from the warmth of your family
and friends!
2) readers away from their home countries are welcome to comment in what
ways they miss them.. it would gr8 to share!
3) am sure all indians love this video!!

Comments

Surya, the Ayrus! said…
Madam, this is your best..liked the turbulence in the words... and i am happy u wrote like me:):)aage aage dekho akelepaan kitni kavitaaye nikaalti hain:)
August 16, 2008 at 10:44 AM
aastha-inks said…
ha yaar vo tho hain, akelepan mein hi kambhakt sabki yaad aati hain..lavz nikalthe hain .. aur blogs ban padthe hain.. ! good for d future of bloggin :P
August 16, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Rag said…
hey hiii!!
found you on cheeku's comments page!!
i've this habit of reading ppl's blog's wen i find them comment on any friend's blog!!

so cheeku is the common link here!!!

jus loved the way you've written!!

i miss those......" "..

reallly well written!!
August 20, 2008 at 8:57 AM
aastha-inks said…
hi raghav,
glad u liked the blog! nice to see new ppl readin on.. we'll keep it goin here :) thanks again..
August 21, 2008 at 7:33 AM
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