The invisible panic button!

It was 7 in the evening, and I was just about wrapping work after a very mentally tiring day all set to get bored and sleep, when... "Life" didnt want to let me down and chose to make the rest of my boring day interesting...

The phone went beep! beep!... "Dude, fill up... petrol bunks on strike for the next 5 days", and I was trembling to the fact that I am just about to get into my car, the fuel tank of which is filled with air, and has been waiting to gush it out to make space for fuel since a couple of days... And I CHOSE to wait, I had plans to fill this morning on my way to work..... But I chose to wait..... And now I'm looking for the PANIC Button!

Surprisingly I was calmer this time. The fact that I was terribly low on fuel didn't bother me much. I was on the verge of getting into a call, and I could actually put aside the worry and finish the call perfectly. (For those of you, who know me and are thinking in the head that I am lying. Trust me I am NOT!, I honestly didn't go hay wire and create an unnecessary dramatic situation out of nothing...) I eventually started for home. Something told me that I am not pushing my car tonight!...

In a couple of minutes, I was amidst the traffic, and I found that the whole world is different today. People were going CRAZY... I lit up a smoke, and in my head started to think, "It is probably the same set of people that are trying to go home who drive along these roads everyday, but today is different!", I mean it took me more than 4 attempts before I could cross the Jubilee Hills Check Post... Cars were cutting lanes, driving on the wrong side, stopping on green, going on red. Cops were blowing their whistles away like trumpets... And yet no order, absolutely no order!

The roads appeared to be like a war zone! It was like right out of the movies... "The aliens have attacked! Evacuation's been declared! Run for your life..." (See, I only imagine dramatic stuff these days, I don't react dramatically anymore!)

Well, couple of miles into the journey, I picked up a friend on the way. Then we both headed towards our task of the evening - Petrol Hunting!

After crossing a couple of overloaded bunks, we finally found a bunk where we managed to get into the line. We waited there for almost 40 minutes to get our turn to fill up.

A minute later... As I saw my fuel indicator rising! I felt as if I too am rising above and beyond, it was truly a magical feeling.. It felt as if we had defeated the aliens and saved the earth from an alien abduction! (Just used it like a metaphor Guys...)

Well in all of this, when the "fuel" was in the car, I sat down in peace to realize, that I didn't realize when I hit the PANIC button unknowingly... It was never there. I am sure any of you who are reading this and were in Hyderabad last night would might agree that we reacted because others were panicking.

And here is the million dollar question! Why were others panicking?

I think it's an amazing way of making the common man realize that no matter how many times the fuel price is hiked, they still need it, at any price!

I don't know, I am not saying that it was a good thought strategy! However it bloody well worked...

Now let me think....When was the last time we had such a petrol crisis ? Was it like a couple of days after the previous hike in the price?

Think about it!
Dipankar

The feeling of being low

Hi there Readers.... I know I am writing after a very long time ....in short ... Sorry!

I am very low right now while I am writing this piece.... I feel like killing my self and in order to avoid it, I am venting out my frustration like this. I am a little high on Old MOnk ..... Man, the buddha still has it in im huh! He does kick u in the head after you have gulped him entirely down ..... :)

Guys - If you are reading this, and are in a relationship.... dont read further, because you will start doubting it.......

I dont understand where are we heading to, I know people who were seeing each other for 7 years and suddenly realize they are not compatible and part ways..... People who were together for almost 12 years since school..... and all of a sudden realize that they are not made for each other is strange to digest.... Every realtionship I see around me is screwed up.... Divorces have increased in number, relationships dont last long, people are frustrated, and committment has gone on a never ending sabatical (I hope I got the spelling right, if not, please ignore.)

I have been single since 2006, and now I think I have been lucky, although I dont relate to this side of mine at all.... I look out for single women, and am always in the lookout for single women..... In my heart, I want to get into a relationship, but my mind says..... STAY away.

I am totally confused, Love today has become a rare commodity. Very difficult to rationalize with the outer world about this, and very diffficult to stick to it....

I somehow think, I have stopped making sense, so let me just stop here ....

Please ignore all my spelling mistakes and grammatical erros, it's Old Monk's fault!

All said and done, if you are in a relationship!

Thinka about it!
Dipankar

Anegundi - a paradise between nowhere!!

I always wanted to write a travelogue. I mean I do several roadtrips, many a times while passing through the undiscovered paths myriad thoughts come to my mind and I so wish to pen them down, but oops! my fingers are busy patting the steering wheel of my car to the tune I am humming while I drive through these roads, and hence I cannot do it then. By the time I come back from my trip, my best friend - 'Laziness' has already over-powered my desire to write...

So here I am sitting alone in my apartment at precisely 04:12 am in the morning, and have decided to ditch my 'Laziness' friend and get to writing or typing. (I sometimes really wonder, we don't write anymore, we type.... anyways sorry! - back to the travelogue)

My eyes were drowsy after 373 kilometres, body aching to all those multiple cramps when we finally found the route to our Guest house in Anegundi... I was shocked when the kid wearing his grand father's nickers pointed out the direction to me. There was no road and he wanted me to drive through the dry river bed of Tungabhadra....There in front of us, elegantly stood, the oldest bridge I had ever seen, it belonged to the Krishna Devaraya Dynasty and I really don't know how old but definitely must be from the B.C. times. We obviously couldn't drive over it and had to take a kaccha route adjacent to it. Strange, people back then could build a bridge, but now - a much more modern era and no bridge.... Anyways, the sight of that monument was nostalgic. It took away all the fatigue... Everyone in the car froze in time, as if we had traveled back in time....

Traveling back in time, let me take you guys to where it all began. The Diwali weekend was fast approaching and I was not going home for it. We had 3 days off and I really wanted to hit the highway as I had not done that for a long long time...

Google.com - The ace travel guru - Helped me find my destination. A 300 to 400 km drive, Asia's biggest and oldest archaeological remains, and the pictures of Shanti Guest House were reasons big enough to go to Hampi.

To be continued..... (And the laziness takes over!)

Cheers,
Dipankar