The Reunion……

I was so excited when dad said that he will arrange for a vehicle to go to my dad’s ancestral home. It’s after nearly two years that I am going back there, to the place where I grew up. It was such a strange feeling. After half an hour’s journey we reached there and when I got down from the vehicle suddenly I realized the beauty of silence that I had never even noticed when I used to live there. But a lot of things have changed since we have left the place, nearly all the houses where empty and our ancestral home was very badly maintained. It was very painful to see that beautiful house in such a bad condition. But there wasn’t much that I could do about it.

Still there was a lot to look forward to there was the huge pond and the beautiful gopuram along the temple. When I saw the pond, there was nothing in my mind I just broke free and took a dive into the cold water. It was after nearly two years that I got a chance to do this. There is no way that I am going to miss it this time. It felt like heaven, never before have I enjoyed so much. The feeling of belonging was simply awesome…

I spent nearly an hour there swimming from one end to another. All my memories of the place were coming back to my mind and it felt like I have been there even yesterday even though it’s been years since we have left that place. There is nothing more relaxing than lying in the pond looking at the sky with nothing to worry about. Even if you have some tensions you will simply forget them when you are there. And suddenly it started raining as if it was receiving me to the place where my soul belongs.

After a good nice session in the pond I went to the gopuram to spend the rest of the time there before it gets dark. Sitting there I wanted to see the sunset as I had on countless evenings of my childhood. But may be luck was not on my side because of the rain earlier the sky was cloudy and it was only getting darker, the sun was not visible.

So half heartedly I had to leave, only knowing that it’s to here I will always return because its here that my soul belongs…………..

The Last day………

Yesterday when I walked back home from the restaurant for the last time, my mind was running like a wild horse. All the memories of my work place were rushing back into my head. All those good days that I have had in that place …… I had learnt a lot about myself from that place. I learned about the confident side of mine that I never saw. I learned about my ability to communicate better than many of my colleagues. I also learned multitasking and how to work under pressure. I did a lot of different things there. I found my weak areas and by the time I left a lot of people told me that I have improved from what I was when I started. And in my strong areas I was a little master myself, like in the counter and fries station (I was nicknamed the ‘Fry Master’). I made a lot of good friends; some people whom I bonded with became such good friends so quickly, that I couldn’t believe my self. Yes indeed there were black sheep there also. But you cannot live without them. May be I can say that I learned some things from them also. Like what I should not be. The experience that I had there will remain in my mind for ever.


Some years before I might not have even thought that I would work at such a place. I am thankful to god for giving me a life full of such colourful experiences. From a simple village to a big city it was a long road, but a memorable one. Yesterday I lived it as reality, and today its part of history, my history. The best thing that I liked about my last day was that I was totally surrounded by my good friends there and there were no black sheep’s to spoil the party. We had all the fun after the restaurant closed. We were running around clicking photos in my camera. I had my last meal form there. These memories I will cherish them for life……