[Reader-list] Nostalgia, Coffee and Love..

Aditya Raj Kaul kauladityaraj at gmail.com
Mon Feb 23 14:18:24 IST 2009


Nostalgia, Coffee and Love..

Winter Chill is all it takes to make me jump out in action. The raised
eyebrows of the not so warmly sun catch my eye just every morning, only to
make me slip deep each time into the tent of my blanket. Warm soft as silk.
This long blanket has been a companion for few years now. Years which have
pushed me into the maddening pace of life, pricked me to settle a foot in
the most appropriate way and further thrown, pulled and yet again thrown me
aside in a corner unnoticed, alone. It has been a pushcart journey on a
rickety road..a long road indeed!

I've been punctual all these years I talk about. Late to sleep and late to
rise has been an interesting unstoppable practise which lingers on even now.
This isn't just my lazy attitude but a strong rational reason attached.
During the day the commotion, the activities of all but me, the colours and
not so colours of life have a way to move on without a break. The peace
within is lost. Lost until night falls and supper ends. As the tungsten
bulbs switch off, my lights turn on. The peace within discovers me at this
moment. Not always though.

All these years there has been change all over. Though my evening coffee on
a Friday still makes its way almost always. The group meets over a filtered
coffee and piles of planning, work and strategy build-up. The Palak
Pakorasstill have the same taste with Red
Tomato sauce at the Indian Coffee House (ICH) in Cannought Place.The
roof-top here remains dark during the evening rush hour. The furniture is
old, and the walls have lost their charm.

continue reading with pictures at -
http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/2009/02/nostalgia-coffee-and-love.html

Comments welcome on the blog!

thanks
Aditya Raj Kaul


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