I'm walkin on sunshine!

So this weekend a friend of mine from outta town paid me a little visit. He was in town for a total of 12 hours i.e. from 5pm in the evening to 5 am in the morning; and it was my job to ensure that he was able to "pao khup" (read: have a great time) while he was around.

Anyway the evening was planned, and just as plans have, it nothing worked out. We ended up doing things that were the complete opposite of what we had charted out for the night. But that was the 'khuppi' bit!

You see there's plans that go haywire and you're like fuck the world's coming to an end! and then there are plans that go all bad and you go fuck! (another time) this is so much better than what i'd had thought out!

Now coming down to the interesting bits!

For one, we stayed up all night (as do most people when pao-ing khup with friends). However the driving force for us to do this was so that we weren't late to leave the house to get him to the airport! And what do you know when it was the said time to put on the shoes and finally head on airportwards we were suddenly sleepy as hell!

Dragged our behinds out and onto the highway that led to the destination... and i saw the most ghostly moon I have ever seen! It was enchanting! horrific! . It was full moon night last night i found out! So bewitching was the sight of the moon playing hide and seek with the clouds at 5:40 am in the morning I just couldn't keep my eyes on the road.

After dropping my friend and ensuring he was safely inside the airport i headed on homewards, or at least that was the plan.... or not!

I passed the Bangla Sahib gurdwara on my way back home, and it was as though something just pulled me towards it. I could hear the raagis singing and it was so soothing. So i parked my car in the not usually this empty parking lot at the gurdwara, and stepped in. The morning chill seeping into my whole being, but i couldn't have cared, barefoot I just walked around the whole gurdwara, my head bowed, it was as if some force was permiating my skin, upwards, from my feet and spreading all over me just washing me off all the hyperactivity of the previous night. I saw the first streaks of bright orange in the midnight blue, as a crazy and funfilled night silently metmorphosed into the drill that was another week.When I left the gurdwara, there were tears in my eyes and i felt a sort of calm inside my heart.




I drove back home all quiet, and thoughtful. As i crossed over from Delhi to NOIDA on the expressway, i saw the city wake up to a new day.