I am in a different country. And I dunno how I feel. It's supposed to be the best place in the world to love.. Developed to this highest of physical and intellectual possibilities of the human race, every person belonging here seems to not need any other person around them. Just leave them with their iPhone, headphones and books or kindles.. But at the same time, each of these people seems surprisingly aware of the presence and the relevance of every person around them. Yes, this place is weird. With it's overfriendly people and their kindness and their extreme harmony with the concept of individualism... So after a while, I let the people and the behaviour go and concentrated on the places. The roads, fantastic! But for a barbarian like me, they signify human intervention to the best or worst... Parkings dug 4 storeys deep, 8 lane roads throughout with well maintained lawns at the sides, the surface so smooth that you think even a car might slip. Then the actual places. Monuments have no significant writings on them. There are amazing recyclable dustbins everywhere. Every place you go, you can get real, authentic information about it, without even any human presence. And Some places are just there. They do not need a reason to be there, except that they look really beautiful. You have to pay for everything. You have to pay at every place and food is expensive, again for a barbarian like me who's maths has considerably improved as the brain automatically starts converting dollars to rupees at the sight of every price tag! Dude. It's expensive! This place is diverse... It's culture changes with every state, so does the English accent and yeah,.so does the time... Three time zones in one country.. So we are jet lagged by simply taking a flight from here to there... USA is advanced in a lot of ways. You just can't help being awed by these people and their love for living their lives their own way. But I miss India.. Every day, every moment. However amazing this country may be, it does not give me a cutting chai ka tapri and it does not give me the satisfaction of seeing jugaad in every aspect of daily life.. And I have been away just 12 days.. Seriously! I am one Nautanki...
To my World out there... Miss you loads..
