Reliving some forgotten part of life

The life of an individual and his surroundings greatly influence each other. It would be more appropriate to say that life’s gradual progress accompanies an outwardly imperceptible but steadily deepening bond with the place where we live in and the people who are around us. This truth is discoverable at moments when we attempt at viewing the flashbacks of life which may range from extreme heights of happiness to abysmal depths of despair. Both sweetness and the bitterness in life collectively constitute the emotional bonding that makes life what it ought to be. Heated arguments, lovely hugs, moments of separation or association all go to form the very definition of life. Some memories linger and some memories gradually fade away leaving only a faint trail of trace. But occasions are there, when such old memories are reawakened or reminded significantly by many small things of life. And the influences of such things immediately refresh those faded memories into life once again.


This so happened when way back I had been to my old college for some official work. That was the college where I had graduated. That was the college which was so intimate to me. I saw those old walls, those same old pillars, same class rooms but many new faces and unknown and indifferent staff. In these days Life had changed a lot and I was there out of place. But I was with my old memories and tear filled eyes. The classrooms, the corridors, the common room, the library all reminded me how I was once wandering in those sunny days frivolously in the jocund company of my friends. But I was very nostalgic when I remembered that short-height girl with chubby chicks, lovely lips and that heavenly smile.

The curve of her smile had curved my career graph very downward. And afterwards in the zigzag course of life the smile had faded in some unknown, unseen and unheard land . But that day the concrete structures of the college building and the campus had made me feel the warmth of that smile once again very close to my heart. It was undoubtedly the reliving of some forgotten part of my life.

I looked sky ward and thanked god for reminding me of that lovely smiling girl so that with my tear-filled eyes I can at least pray for her to be happy and smiling so that the smile can continue forever wherever she may be.

A Life Enriching Relationship. . .

A life enriching relationship commences on finding someone who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heart beat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep. . . .wait for the boy who smiles and stands silently by you, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you are just pretty without make up on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have you.

Newspaper, saloon and tea stalls

The civilised human beings read newspaper most intently when they wait in a que at the barber's. Reading the newspaper achieves special charm when the long que compells the men in que to scan through the pages of cheap politics, accidents, incidents ,lopsided views and numerous ads. In india the tea stalls and the saloons are the local parliaments where all sorts of views and reviews are made. Moreover, this local political centers are very informative where the informations reach from various sources. But sometimes these places become the chief agents in misinterpreting and miscolouring many a local incidents. However, such places are the proofs which assure us that we are enjoying freedom of speech.

The solar eclipse

There was much hype about the longest annular solar eclipse of the century. Everybody and everything seemed to be influenced by the heavenly occurrence The celestial movement even cast its shadow on our college holiday list and the institution remained close today. The forenoon was foggy and cloudy. So staying indoors and watching television were the natural course of the day. But in the evening my wife and I went on bike away from the locality and set on a culvert by the side of the road. Some moments we spent together.for my wife this was someway a break from the monotony of the daily household chores. So directly or indirectly the eclipse was enjoyable.

Evening stroll with some samosa.

The evening stroll often halts at a hotel engaging ourselves in gobbling up 2 to 3 samosas. And this evening during power cut sairam and me went walking upto Mr. Pradhan's hotel at Balimela junction and filled life with samosa. In most parts of orissa puri, idlly, chakuli and dosa form the major items of morning tiffin but in the evening time the menu generally includes samosa, vada, potato cutlet and gulgula. So if ever you feel like eating in a small village of Orissa, like our work-station Govindapally, be sure to ask for the above items as per the given time frame. If you ask for idlly or puri in the evening time there is enough probability to get the morning leftovers. So I say ASK right items at right times from the hotels of our locality and stay fit untill you meet me.