Alone huh not Really

Imagine u want to see a movie desperately and u cannot find company  or you need to go to your friend's marriage and you know there is no one who can give u company there...what do you do?

In India, people have not yet come to terms with someone venturing alone to do certain things. Imagine you want to go on vacation, first question would be where are u going and then next with whom?

What can one do to avoid weird looks of people who seem to be trying to guess..why has this person come alone?

I have been in such situations couple of times...first person i would like to thank is the inventor of cellphones...i can always act busy checking messages or call up someone as SOS. As soon as u see someone with sympathy approaching you at function...call or act as if you are about to call someone.

In flights/trains, have met some people who would like to extract your entire bio data....at those times...i thank the inventor of headphones/ipod. I can always act as if i have not heard them...it happened to me once...i was flying back from Amsterdam to Delhi. The flight took off 3 times but because of some issue, we landed back at Amsterdam. Hence as a result, the two people who were sitting next to be on either side knew each and everything about me...when they started off giving me gyan...i realized its time to either act asleep or put on headphones :)

For me the next stage would be to not act busy but be amused by this uncalled for attention..it will take me a while to get there.

Nameless Bond

Some bonds are not explainable and do not need any conversation...the silence says it all.

The is a conversation happening in silence...have felt such a bond with my auto-wallah.

Every day when get i dropped to office, i give him a nod...a nod which a  6 yr old gives to her papa saying 'aap ab jaao'...and i too get a similar nod back from him :)

There have been time when i have called him from office at night asking me to pick up...always felt he could sense my SOS and ensures he or someone else picks me.

In the morning, when i call him..there is a very sweet voice which picks the call and when i ask her 'bhaiya ab aa sakte hai', she says 'ha aayenge'. Every day we just have the same conversation. I felt this must be his wife..who religiously picks the call for him.

Today, our conversation was slightly different. After my regular query, she asked me in proper english, Wanted to ask u something, are u veg or non-veg? I was surprised and impressed by the clarity of talk that too in english...i asked her why are u asking me this? She said, papa ne poochne ko bola hai...ramzaan aa raha hai na isliye. Asked my auto wallah today, kon si class mein padti hai aapki beti...got to know she is in 7th class.

Hoping to have more conversation with her next time i call.