After 2 long years in Bangalore, I suddenly started wondering why I haven't still visited most places here, don't have a sense of belonging here and still don't really like this place. No, its not loyalty to Chennai or plain unwillingness to fit in.. Nor is it the usual complaint of what a cold place Bangalore is..I infact love the weather here(lazybones like me are sure to love the wonderful sleepiness that blankets you every night and morning).. What else then is this strange pull towards Chennai which always makes me feel more at home there....
Consider landing in Chennai Central station on a Saturday morning.. You are surrounded by autowalas, trying to convince you that the place you live in has been moved a little farther away from the station in the official release of Indian Map. When you finally manage to convince them that you actually do not want an auto but there is someone coming to pick you up, the crowd immediately disperses.... You go home.. Call a few friends.. Decide to meet them in the usual Spencers or for a change decide to try out the Citi Centre... Ok so now Citi Centre... Its a sudden plan.. Inox has no tickets to offer you... Its a Saturday and the place is too crowded to sit down and have a nice long chat....What do we do??? Idea!! The Marina beach is only a 15 minute walk away...
The very sight of the beach brings joy to the heart and brings out the child in you...Your first reaction would of course be to plunge into the water, failing to see that its actually a wierd color these days... Anyhow, kudichacha... Have fun while you are at it...roll around, lets the waves rise up and drench you, while you scream of joy... By the time you get out of the water, you are exhilarated.. And then we realise we are wet... and decide to dry ourselves.. we sit down and have a nice long uninterrupted chat... and then go home feeling happy... thinking of how we used to come to the beach atleast 4 times a week when we were kids... What more than a beach to
add beauty to a place... Its part of your growing up... The sea has seen both your happy and sad times... the times you have celebrated your new years there and the times you have sat alone on the sea shore musing about life...
Borrowing a few lines from Wordsworth,
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances as the sea waves rise and spill.
Well, I started off with Bangalore and ended with the beach.. But then I am musing.....
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