Incredible India

in Den Haag.

Saw a couple of trams and buses advertising the
incredible that is India! Felt good. :-)

हे भलते अवघड असते

हे भलते अवघड असते

गाडी सुटली, रुमाल हलले, क्षणात डोळे टचकन् ओले
गाडी सुटली, पडले चेहरे, क्षण साधाया हसरे झाले

गाडी सुटली, हातामधुनी हात कापरा तरी सुटेना
अंतरातली ओली माया तुटूदे म्हटले तरी तुटेना

का रे इतका लळा लावुनी नंतर मग ही गाडी सुटते
डोळ्यांदेखत सरकत जाते आठवणींचा ठिपका होते

गाडी गेली फलाटावरी नि:श्वासांचा कचरा झाला
गाडी गेली डोळ्यामधल्या निर्धाराचा पारा फुटला

हे भलते अवघड असते... हे भलते अवघड असते...
कुणी प्रचंड आवडणारे... ते दूर दूर जाताना...
डोळ्यांच्या देखत आणि नाहीसे लांब होताना...

डोळ्यातील अडवून पाणी... हुंदका रोखुनी कंठी...
तुम्ही केविलवाणे हसता अन् तुम्हास नियती हसते...
हे भलते अवघड असते...

तरी असतो पकडायाचा... हातात रुमाल गुलाबी...
वार्‍यावर फडकवताना... पाह्यची चालती गाडी...
ती खिडकीतून बघणारी अन् स्वतः मधे रमलेली...
गजरा माळावा इतुके... ती सहज अलविदा म्हणते...
हे भलते अवघड असते...

तुम्ही म्हणता मनास आता, हा तोडायाचा सेतू...
इतक्यात म्हणे ती - माझ्या कधी गावा येशील का तू?
ती सहजच म्हणुनी जाते... मग सहजच हळवी होते...
गजर्‍यातील दोन कळ्या अन् हलकेच ओंजळीत देते...
हे भलते अवघड असते...

कळते की गेली वेळ... ना आता सुटणे गाठ...
आपुल्याच मनातील स्वप्ने... घेऊन मिटावी मूठ...
ही मूठ उघडण्यापूर्वी... चल निघुया पाऊल म्हणते...
पण पाऊल निघण्यापूर्वी... गाडीच अचानक निघते...
हे भलते अवघड असते...

परतीच्या वाटेवरती गुदमरून जड पायांनी...
ओठावर शीळ दिवाणी... बेफिकीर पण थरथरती...
पण क्षण क्षण वाढत असते... अंतर हे तुमच्यामधले...
मित्रांशी हसतानाही... हे दु:ख चरचरत असते...

हे भलते अवघड असते….

Time flies

It did atleast last week. Blinked and.. I am here..
on a Sunday already :(

Moved into my new apartment on Monday eve and was
busy setting it up. Finally, stopped living out of my suitcases.
Work has been hectic too .. and its absolutely nothing but
work for around 9 hrs in the day in the least.

Hoping for a slightly better week this one.

Eventful day

Friday was. Got myself registered at the IND in the morning.
Went to check out some houses in the afternoon. Everything
is awfully expensive out here. :( So booked a pretty expensive
apartment at the end of the day - could do nothing about it :(

And then in the evening went to a Casino.. that was interesting.
Made 20 euros out of nothing :) paid for my pizza that night :)

Thats all... more later.

Off again...

to The Hague, Netherlands this time.

It appears now (to my mom) that Goddess Durga
didn't want to let me go before Kojagiri (5 days after
Dusshera, since she is 'prasanna' on me). The logicial
explanation to this (as per me) is that I postponed it
by 2 months and then the consulate delayed it by
another 2 weeks and here I am... being showered with
blessings from the Goddess :)

Whatever, I hope she smiles down on me through my
next stint as it is a challenging one. I have a gut feel
though that I am gonna shine brilliantly through this
one .. as always .. hehe ;)

Den Haag (or The Hague as it is known in English) is a
cosy sea side city, an hour's drive from Amsterdam.
I visited it earlier this year and liked it instantly. NL
in general has more genial feel to it than Germany, which
is a little uptight.Anywho. The Hague is the pseudo capital
of the NL and hosts almost all of its royal and government
offices. It is home to around 150 international organisations
including the UN orgs and others.

So this time my target is to cover the Nordic countries...
though I will have to wait until Feb/Mar for the cold to
be bearable for me. I don't think I will be able to manage
to eat a reindeer till then.. but lets see :)