I've officially declared this year Naskhutiya (Bambaiyya slang for unlucky) as far as personal lives are concerned - everywhere I look people are struggling with their personal lives, trying desperately to cross the innumerable hurdles that are cropping up around every corner. Professionally, things seem to be falling into place but it all seems inconsequential in light of the personal problems.
OK that's it the horoscope for 2006. That will be Rs.1000/- please!
No, seriously, it's strange...I've been observing the lives of my friends, acquaintances and colleagues and am increasingly horrified at how things are going wrong in everyone's personal lives. This monday I arrived at work to discover that a colleague (my age) lost her father and grandmother to heart-attack within a span of two hours. No previous history. No complaints in the recent past. Nothing at all to prepare the family for the brutal shock. She didn't know about Papa - neither did the other colleague who broke the news to me. It goes without saying that I was shaken terribly - took me a while to recompose myself. Visited her, ofcourse - couldn't bring myself to dole out the usual platitudes, because I know that those are just words. I hope she surfaces the tragedy stronger.
Continuing on the naskhutiya note - I had a small accident of sorts. We'd gone for dinner last Sunday - a lovely roof-top restaurant on M.G Road that took me back to my Udaipur trip with Kunu Baba, when we ate at all these delightful roof-top restaurants. On our way down, I slipped on a broken step - my first thought was of my back, which I've injured on previous occassions and due to which I suffer intermittently. So, I twisted and fell on my left arm. It swelled up within minutes and developed a rather ugly colour - was scared I'd factured it, but luckily it was only a bruise. A painful bruise that required a crepe bandage for several days, but just a bruise!
- Actually considering my tendency to fall and get into minor accidents of the sort, that can't be attributed to the naskhutiya quality of the year!
On a different note, it's been a busy week - busy, but good. The teaching can be frustrating at times, when faced with a unresponsive class that refuses to use of their limited grey cells, but on the whole challenging and thus exciting. I'm enjoying it more and more, despite having one semi-dead batch. Ironically, the weekend batch - the one with the professionals who might have had problems with a young professor - is proving to be a far more enthusiastic and fun group! Looking forward to another busy week - busier with rendezvous with friends and perhaps even a visit from a bumchum pal.
Current pick-me-up music for mornings - 80s music. It rocks any time, every time. Modern Talkies - Kylie Minogue - Madonna - Milli Vanilli - AHA - Baltimore Boys - Laura Branigan...
Current mood - Naughty, mischievous. Light. Carefree.
(PS Pune had it's first showers of the season this evening - it's lovely. A cool breeze is wafting through the windows, bringing with it the delightful perfume of the freshly wettened earth. The sultry summer evening has been transformed into a pleasant evening within a few instants.)
8 comments:
Naskhutiya-hood: You are right, there are times when everything seems to go wrong and everyone around me seems to have a really short fuse as well, so there seems to be no respite from any quarter-family, friends, even solitude or reading don't seem to help.
Another thing I've noticed Geetanjali, is how less of a resonance tragedies seem to have for us nowadays, as compared to in my childhood. I feel so numb nowadays. Sometimes I feel I am an unfeeling bad person who cannot share others' pain. Other times I feel exhausted by all the thousand tiny battles I fight in daily life and don't have the energy for anymore... :-(
Responsive weekend vs Zombie weekday Alliance batches: I know what you are talking about :-) The reason for that is the professionals come there with their own money, are motivated to extract maximum benefit from the 2/3 hours of coaching they get. Par contre, many of the students (especially at niveau 1) are there just for the certie or because daddy's wallet just can't stop doling out cash to them. I'm sure your students must like you a lot.
Even I feel same to same about 2006.Full of problems!
My friends also lost some of their close ones and I couldn't utter a word.
Hope life changes soon for all of us. Get well soon.
-Swarna
Awww!! Many, many, many hugs, Geets! I completely understand what you mean - it's been a miserable past few months and I don't see an end in sight. sigh
Like all of us wise people like to say "This, too, shall pass." :-)
p.s. Am back in the blogosphere - no plans to do a Houdini again. I swear!
Take care my dear.. that's all I can say.
Aristera - Divine is what it was...I'm nt kidding or exaggerating when I say that I truly took a trip down memory lane that night!
WR- Well I also believe my students like me - I am so likeable after all ;-)
Swarna - Amen!
Lotus - Heheh, sorry couldn't help but laugh at that jeremiad! Hang in there dude it will all fall into place!
Extempore - Promise? We'll keep tabs on you the next few weeks and see if you live upto it! ;-)
Lotus - Yep, the arm's fine now...was hurting slightly till a few days back but now it's ok expect for a slight bruise! Thanks for asking...:-)
Casa - Merci!
Definitely an unlucky year and I speak from personal experience ... you think its something in the air?
Manjusha - *shudder* I hope not - the sooner it goes away the better!
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